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Hinduism and Transcendental Meditation

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Difference between Hinduism and Transcendental Meditation

Hinduism vs. Transcendental Meditation

Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent. Transcendental Meditation (TM) refers to a specific form of silent mantra meditation called the Transcendental Meditation technique, and less commonly to the organizations that constitute the Transcendental Meditation movement.

Similarities between Hinduism and Transcendental Meditation

Hinduism and Transcendental Meditation have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): India, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Mantra, Meditation, Vedas, Vedic period.

India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (born Mahesh Prasad Varma, 12 January 1918 – 5 February 2008) was an Indian guru, known for developing the Transcendental Meditation technique and for being the leader and guru of a worldwide organization that has been characterized in multiple ways including as a new religious movement and as non-religious.

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Mantra

A "mantra" ((Sanskrit: मन्त्र)) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit believed by practitioners to have psychological and spiritual powers.

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Meditation

Meditation can be defined as a practice where an individual uses a technique, such as focusing their mind on a particular object, thought or activity, to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state.

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Vedas

The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the ''Atharvaveda''. The Vedas (Sanskrit: वेद, "knowledge") are a large body of knowledge texts originating in the ancient Indian subcontinent.

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Vedic period

The Vedic period, or Vedic age, is the period in the history of the northwestern Indian subcontinent between the end of the urban Indus Valley Civilisation and a second urbanisation in the central Gangetic Plain which began in BCE.

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Hinduism and Transcendental Meditation Comparison

Hinduism has 459 relations, while Transcendental Meditation has 42. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 1.20% = 6 / (459 + 42).

References

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