--- In [email protected], "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Apr 13, 2006, at 5:13 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > > > > > Please keep in mind that there have been numerous articles about the > > > > recently published study on long-term Buddhist meditation. People go > > > > for what is in the public eye. TM certainly is not getting the "new > > > > kid on the block" treatment from the press like Buddhist meditation > > > > is, so people are more likely to be interested in the new thing. > > > > Being free doesn't hurt either. > > > > > > > > > Most or nearly all who would have gone the TM route are now going to > > > SSRS I would bet. And I bet he has high numbers of people learning-- > > > without someone having to pay for the course with a wealthy > > benefactor. > > > > > > > This might be, or might not. Certainly, this year there will be a > > higher rate of new initiations via the recerted teachers than there was > > last year. > > In India, SSRS is definitely the hot thing meditation wise.
MMY seems more interested in establishing pundit centers at the moment... > > A case could be made that there will be fewer initiations due to the > recert program. Do you know any recerts actually teaching tm? Well yeah. I've mentioned the Geraces how many times here? I > don't - they're all doing real estate projects. Plus subtract the > initiations not happening due to legal pressure coming down on the non > certifiables. > > Anyway, does national release these figures? I last I heard the > annual number was a few hundred. > Not a clue. Given that the new Peace Palaces and Maharishi Enlightenment Centers are, well, new, its hard to draw conclusions about annual figures based on a few months of data anyway. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
