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How Americans came to embrace meditation, and with it, Hinduism

  • Written by Vasudha Narayanan, Distinguished Professor, University of Florida
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This week marks the death anniversary of Mahesh Yogi, the Indian guru who brought transcendental meditation to the West in the sixties and became a spiritual teacher to The Beatles, comedian Jerry Seinfeld and countless other celebrities.

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