Life finds its purpose and fulfillment in the expansion of happiness.

His Canadian tour generated news articles in the magazine Enjoy and in the Daily Colonist Calgary Herald and The Albertan. A building called the "largest wooden structure" in the Netherlands was built for Maharishi reportedly at "vast expense".

The Maharishi his family and close associates created charitable organisations and for-profit businesses including health clinics mail-order health supplements and organic farms. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi became a disciple and assistant of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati the Shankaracharya (spiritual leader) of Jyotirmath in the Indian Himalayas. His first global tour began in 1958.