Malnak v. Yogi
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
592 F.2d 197 (1979)
- Written by Elizabeth Yingling, JD
Facts
Five New Jersey public schools offered an elective course entitled “The Science of Creative Intelligence Transcendental Meditation” (TM). The textbook used in the course was developed by the founder of the Science of Creative Intelligence and stated that the Science of Creative Intelligence was “the basis of everything.” Part of the course required students to attend a Sunday, off-campus “puja” ceremony in which the teacher met with each student individually and chanted and made offerings to a deified “Guru Dev.” Teachers told the students that the puja chant had no religious meaning. The district court held that the TM course advanced a religion and constituted an excessive government entanglement with religion.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Per curiam)
Concurrence (Adams, J.)
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