Books

Books about Transcendental Meditation

Books by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and by others who have written about TM. Most are in Dutch. You order them from our own shop on bol.com, the Transcendente Meditatie Winkel.

De Wetenschap van Spiritualiteit

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De Wetenschap van Spiritualiteit

Joachim Claes · 323 pages · In Dutch

Twenty experiments that could change the world. The story of the researchers who spent 45 years testing whether groups of meditators can reduce violence and conflict in society, and why almost nobody believed them. Dutch translation of The Field Paradigm.

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By Maharishi

De wetenschap van het zijn en de kunst van het leven

De wetenschap van het zijn en de kunst van het leven

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi · 342 pages · In Dutch

Maharishi's own account of Transcendental Meditation. The technique as it is taught worldwide is based on this book.

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Transcendente Meditatie, met vragen en antwoorden

Transcendente Meditatie, met vragen en antwoorden

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi · 156 pages · In Dutch · e-book

In a series of talks given in London in 1960, followed by questions and answers with the audience, Maharishi explains how TM works: the technique uses the mind's natural tendency to move towards more attractive levels of awareness.

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Bhagavad-Gita, hoofdstuk 1-6

Bhagavad-Gita, hoofdstuk 1-6

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi · 400 pages · In Dutch

Maharishi's translation of and commentary on the first six chapters of the Bhagavad-Gita.

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Maharishi over goed bestuur: Absolute Theorie van Regeren

Maharishi over goed bestuur: Absolute Theorie van Regeren

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi · 624 pages · In Dutch

Gilt-edged pocket book. Maharishi describes how the TM and TM-Sidhi programme can support good government, from family and town to nation and world.

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Maharishi over gezondheid: Forum van de Natuurwet voor Artsen

Maharishi over gezondheid: Forum van de Natuurwet voor Artsen

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi · 564 pages · In Dutch

Gilt-edged pocket book on Maharishi's prevention-oriented view of health, in which body and mind are considered together.

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Maharishi over management: Heelheid in Beweging

Maharishi over management: Heelheid in Beweging

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi · 386 pages · In Dutch

Maharishi on management and 'automatic administration': an organisation that runs in line with natural law. Translated by the translation team of Maharishi Vedic University.

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Getting to know TM and the TM-Sidhi programme

Op weg naar de hemel op aarde

Op weg naar de hemel op aarde

Niek Wijngaards · 143 pages · In Dutch

An introduction to Maharishi's view of life and to the fourth state of consciousness, alongside waking, dreaming and sleeping. Includes an overview of research on TM.

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Over het TM-programma en het TM-Sidhi-programma

Over het TM-programma en het TM-Sidhi-programma

N.M. Wijngaards · 143 pages · In Dutch

Wijngaards' second book goes deeper into the TM programme, the TM-Sidhi techniques and the research on them.

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Geluk: het TM-programma, psychiatrie en verlichting

Geluk: het TM-programma, psychiatrie en verlichting

Harold Bloomfield en Robert Kory · 303 pages · In Dutch

Psychiatrist Harold Bloomfield draws on his patients' experiences to show what TM can mean for people. He also discusses what therapy can and cannot do, and compares TM with relaxation techniques, biofeedback and hypnosis.

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Licht dat ieder mens verlicht

Licht dat ieder mens verlicht

A.V. Cramer en L.A.H. Smits · 135 pages · In Dutch

A minister of religion sets his experience of TM, honestly and critically, against his Christian and scientific background.

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Siddhi's: zweven naar ideaal leven

Siddhi's: zweven naar ideaal leven

Nico Schulte · 191 pages · In Dutch

About the TM-Sidhi programme, the siddhis and what they mean for self-knowledge and the development of consciousness.

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Research, society and education

De Wetenschap van Spiritualiteit

De Wetenschap van Spiritualiteit

Joachim Claes · 323 pages · In Dutch

Twenty experiments that could change the world. The story of the researchers who spent 45 years testing whether groups of meditators can reduce violence and conflict in society, and why almost nobody believed them. Dutch translation of The Field Paradigm.

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An Antidote to Violence

An Antidote to Violence

Barry Spivack en Patricia Anne Saunders · 360 pages · English

The authors review peer-reviewed research on whether TM can also promote peace in society as a whole, and by what mechanism that might work.

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Healing Social Divisions

Healing Social Divisions

Barry Spivack · 200 pages · English

On meditation and social harmony, by the author of An Antidote to Violence.

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Onderwijs voor verlichting

Onderwijs voor verlichting

Nico Schulte · 253 pages · In Dutch

Philosopher Nico Schulte, then president of Maharishi International University Netherlands, on the role of developing consciousness in education. For anyone involved in teaching.

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