Over 600 scientific studies on the Transcendental Meditation
Programme have been conducted during the past four decades by
researchers at more than 200 independent research institutions
in 30 countries. These include Harvard Medical School; Princeton
University; Stanford Medical School; University of Chicago;
University of Michigan Medical School; University of California
at Berkeley; University of California at Los Angeles; York
University, Canada; University of Edinburgh, Scotland;
University of Lund, Sweden; University of Groningen, The
Netherlands; University of New South Wales, Australia; Institut
de la Rochefoucauld, France; National Institute of Industrial
Health, Japan; and Moscow Brain Research Institute of the
Academy of Medical Sciences, Russia.
Studies have been published in many major scientific journals,
including Science, Lancet, Scientific American, American
Journal of Physiology, International Journal of
Neuroscience, Experimental Neurology, Electroencephalography
and Clinical Neurophysiology, Psychosomatic Medicine,
Canadian Medical Association Journal, American Psychologist,
British Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal of
Counseling Psychology, The Journal of Mind and Behavior,
Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Conflict
Resolution, Perceptual and Motor Skills, Criminal Justice
and Behavior, Journal of Crime and Justice, Proceedings of
the Endocrine Society, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry,
and Social Indicators Research.
Many studies have been presented at professional scientific
conferences, and others have been part of doctoral dissertations
prepared under the guidance of thesis committees at leading
universities. Much of the research has been gathered together in
six volumes (over 5,000 pages). Refer to the Maharishi Vedic
University Press publication Scientific Research on
Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi
Programme—Collected Papers.
These studies have validated the profound benefits of the
Transcendental Meditation Programme for the individual and for
every area of society, including health, education, business,
industry, rehabilitation, defence, agriculture, and government.
