There is no Parampara in the TM program, MMY *wasn't* a Guru! Thanks Duveyoung!
Parampara (Sanskrit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit: परम्परा, paramparā) denotes a succession of teachers and disciples in traditional Vedic culture and Indian religions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_religions such as Hinduism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism, Sikhism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism, Jainism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism and Buddhism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism. It is also known as guru-shishya tradition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru-shishya_tradition ("succession from guru http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru to disciple").
