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Maharishi Peace Palace is a type of pre-engineered building designed to house the educational and meditational activities of the Transcendental Meditation movement. Each Peace Palace is built using standardized plans compatible with Maharishi Sthapatya Veda design principles. In 2000, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi announced his aspiration to build thousands of Peace Palaces around the world. Proposed locations in the United States have included the cities of Atlanta, Denver, New York City, Minneapolis, Long Island, Colorado Springs, Los Angeles, Charlottesville, Pittsburgh, Boston, Tulsa, and San Francisco. In addition, construction has been proposed for Ottawa and Montreal, Canada; Auckland, New Zealand, and the cities of Birmingham, Coventry, Glasgow, Newcastle, Sunderland, Rendlesham and Middlesbrough in the UK. As of 2007, 52 parcels had been acquired by the Global Country of World Peace (GCWP) and construction was planned via tax-free bonds obtained through the Colorado Health Facilities Authority as well as private investors. As of 2013, eight peace palaces have been completed in the United States. ==Planning, design and reception== In 2000, the Maharishi announced his aspirations to build one or more Peace Palaces in each of the 3,000 largest cities around the world.〔 A 2006 prospectus for the TM movement's RAAM bond specified 5,000 peace palaces worldwide. Another plan called for 2,400 buildings but was later reduced to 100 or 200 in the USA〔 and 14 in Canada.〔 "Maharishi Peace Palace" is described as a "pre-engineered", MSV-designed building. Plans are available for four sizes, the "medium" option being a , two-story building〔 with a white, painted or marble-clad exterior.〔 Depending on its size and other factors, a peace palace might include a spa facility, dormitory, meditation room, lecture hall, meeting room, a Maharishi Ayurveda shop, and a library.〔〔 The peace palaces are intended to replace rental properties currently housing the TM movement's teaching centers, retail outlets, and spas.〔 They have been called "Maharishi Enlightment Centers" or "Maharishi Invincibility Centers" or "Peace Palaces".〔 Some could be connected with organic farming operations, either on-site or at nearby rural locations.〔 Film director and TM advocate David Lynch said a Peace Palace is a "peace factory" rather than a "pretty building". An article in ''The New York Times'' described a peace palace as "an Indian temple crossed with a Southern plantation mansion" with their consistent appearance being part of a branding effort.〔 Critics claim that the plan is aimed at increasing the Maharishi's financial assets,〔 and doubt that the hundreds or thousands of proposed Palaces would be built.〔 while a possible lack of interest in the Peace Palaces might be attributed to the Maharishi's death. A spokesman at the Maharishi's funeral in 2008 said that the construction of peace palaces would remain a top priority.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maharishi Peace Palace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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