On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:31 AM, do.rflex <do.rf...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > Here's a news story about it from the Brazilian State Secretary of > Education website [translated by Google Translation]: > Transcendental Meditation comes to state schools > > * > ****The ceremony* > > The ceremony happens only once, before instructing people in the technique. > The teacher of Transcendental Meditation performs a small ceremony > lasting about 10 minutes. > > The antiquity of the Vedic knowledge goes back more than five thousand > years and the Vedic recitations, including a small ceremony is a part, have > been declared World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. > > The State Department of Education has always respected all races, cultures > and beliefs, so it is important to note that the practice of the > *Transcendental > Meditation technique has no religious connotation*, so that schools and > universities involved in the project have different beliefs. As this is a > technique originating in India and how Indians are very attached to their > traditions, this ritual has been preserved throughout history. The SEEDUC > respects all races, cultures and beliefs. > > > TM is not a religion, Jai Guru Dev
