Having its foundation in Patanjali's eight limbs of Yoga and that coming from the Sanatana Dharma (eternal Religion) of the Vedas, clearly TM has its roots in Religion!
Just because MMY only teaches 6 of the 8 limbs of Patanjali's yoga and calls it a science only means you're just getting a half a loaf of the real thing! A moral ethical life is the *foundation* of spirituality, until the soil is properly cultivated the plants can't grow, so to speak! Yama, the proscriptions and Niyama the prescriptions of Yoga are the first two limbs of Patanjali's Yoga and form the foundation from which the others spring. As regards to practice, yes, as MMY says himself, "All *eight* must be practiced simultaneously....." Gita HB page 363 bottom under, The six systems of Indian philosophy. Are you getting the picture...MMY compromised Patanjali's Yoga to conform to Science!!
