Jesus Statement In TM Literature

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. Also, in TM literature, while Maharishi uses Jesus’ statement in the Bible “The Father and I are One,” he does it as if Jesus was referring to all of humanity in relation to God; He was only referring to His own relationship to God and nowhere in the Bible does it say that any human other than Jesus is equal to God. Also in contrast to Maharishi’s claims that TM is not religious, and his claims that TM is compatible with Christianity and other religions, he is known to have said that the way to salvation is through the Vedas of the Hindu tradition that TM is based on.

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