Not my idea....they already are, 1. TM as a Movement, using (as a remnant of Hinduism) the "Holy Tradition" puja; but not as a strong religious ideology. The SBAL and BG would be sufficient adjuncts. In the context of this possible fusion into one "Great Tradition" (Adi Da's term - Wilber has a similar term for the whole unified body of Monist Sadhanas which form an integral part of Buddhism and Saivite Hinduism); TM could easily be practiced by Buddhists without compromising their philosophical orientation.
2. Next, Advaita, i.e. "Neo-Advaita" since (1.) emerged from the Advaita Vedanta of Shankara and is thus Advaita; but in recent decades, dozens of self-styled teachers and spontaneously "Awakened" persons have come out of the wood work; many being oriented to Ramana Maharshi: if not outright devotees of R.M. then at least influenced by him, for example: Eckhart Tolle. If one could venture to compare the total Power of this influential group, vis a vis the remnant of the TM "Movement"; well...it's safe to say that the TMO is a walking corpse, not knowing it's already a zombie, half-way in the grave. But no matter. Though as a Movement TM will perhaps fizzle out in our lifetimes; countless people will be practicing it in a forthcoming true "Age of Enlightenment". This will undoubtedly include hordes of Buddhists. 3. Third, as mentioned above, Buddhism can easily adopt TM as a technique (and I predict, will do so on a wholesale basis when circumstances are right). Thus, the 3 Movements mentioned above can be merged into one morphogenetic field, with a complementary mix of diverse energies; all oriented toward the Monist philosophical viewpoint, but adding some additional evolutionary benefits from Buddhism - namely, the Rainbow Light Body. This can be thought of as the ultimate goal of our biological evolution. Using Venn diagrams (as another contributor suggested), we have 3 circles which overlap: Circles A, B, and C. Thus, A intersects B intersects C. We can map prime numbers on each circle, say 2, 3, and 5.. The intersecting area = the product of any of the primes. Of course, the central area = the full unification of all 3 Traditions: 2 * 3 * 5 = 30. How about partial unifications: Say TM + Buddhism. Sure!! This will occur some day, I predict. Not real soon, some day in the future. The possibilities with 3 entities, taken 2 at a time are: Say TM = 2, Advaita = 3 and Buddhism = 5: 1. TM + Advaita = 2 * 3 = 6 2. TM + Buddhism = 2 * 5 = 10 3. Advaita + Buddhism = 3 * 5 = 15. Hope you will be there for the true "Age of Enlightenment". We are definitely not in it now, contrary to what MMY would have us believe. There's a lot more work to do. To conclude, TM can be merged with Advaita and Buddhism to form one larger hologram having a certain degree of diversity to make things spicey. But essentially, this will become the "Great Tradition" Adi Da and Wilber talk about under the guise of various labels. The essential ingredient is non-dualism, common to the 3 traditions which are artificially separate at this time. In decades to come, the 3 entities will fuse, and over the centuries, will gradually displace the dualist "Monotheistic" religions. Bravo! Can't wait.
