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 * Haan, Wim (Dutch language) De missie van het Goddelijk licht van goeroe Maharaj Ji: een subjektieve duiding from the series Religieuze bewegingen in Nederland: Feiten en Visies nr. 3, autumn 1981 article available in full on the website of the author (PDF file) (The article is mainly based on the Dutch branch of the Divine Light Mission) ISBN 90-242-2341-5
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 * Geaves, Ron. "Globalization, charisma, innovation, and tradition: An exploration of the transformations in the organisational vehicles for the transmission of the teachings of Prem Rawat (Maharaji)" in Journal of Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies - Volume 2, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4196-2696-5, pp. 44-62. Web copy at asanas.org.uk
 * Haan, Wim (Dutch language) De missie van het Goddelijk licht van goeroe Maharaj Ji: een subjektieve duiding from the series Religieuze bewegingen in Nederland: Feiten en Visies nr. 3, autumn 1981 article available in full on the website of the author (PDF file) (The article is mainly based on the Dutch branch of the Divine Light Mission) ISBN 90-242-2341-5
 * Levine, Saul V. in
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * Gartrell, C. David and Shannon, Zane K., Contacts, Cognitions, and Conversion: a Rational Choice Approach, Review of Religious Research, Vol. 27, 1985
 * Geaves, Ron (2002), From Totapuri to Maharaji: Reflections on a Lineage (Parampara), paper delivered to the 27th Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions, Regents Park College, Oxford, 22–24 March 2002
 * Geaves, Ron. "Globalization, charisma, innovation, and tradition: An exploration of the transformations in the organisational vehicles for the transmission of the teachings of Prem Rawat (Maharaji)" in Journal of Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies - Volume 2, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4196-2696-5, pp. 44-62. Web copy at asanas.org.uk
 * Haan, Wim (Dutch language) De missie van het Goddelijk licht van goeroe Maharaj Ji: een subjektieve duiding from the series Religieuze bewegingen in Nederland: Feiten en Visies nr. 3, autumn 1981 article available in full on the website of the author (PDF file) (The article is mainly based on the Dutch branch of the Divine Light Mission) ISBN 90-242-2341-5
 * Levine, Saul V. in
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * Geaves, Ron. "Globalization, charisma, innovation, and tradition: An exploration of the transformations in the organisational vehicles for the transmission of the teachings of Prem Rawat (Maharaji)" in Journal of Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies - Volume 2, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4196-2696-5, pp. 44-62. Web copy at asanas.org.uk
 * Haan, Wim (Dutch language) De missie van het Goddelijk licht van goeroe Maharaj Ji: een subjektieve duiding from the series Religieuze bewegingen in Nederland: Feiten en Visies nr. 3, autumn 1981 article available in full on the website of the author (PDF file) (The article is mainly based on the Dutch branch of the Divine Light Mission) ISBN 90-242-2341-5
 * Levine, Saul V. in
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * Haan, Wim (Dutch language) De missie van het Goddelijk licht van goeroe Maharaj Ji: een subjektieve duiding from the series Religieuze bewegingen in Nederland: Feiten en Visies nr. 3, autumn 1981 article available in full on the website of the author (PDF file) (The article is mainly based on the Dutch branch of the Divine Light Mission) ISBN 90-242-2341-5
 * Levine, Saul V. in
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * Levine, Saul V. in
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * Levine, Saul V. in
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * Levine, Saul V. in
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * Levine, Saul V. in
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald
 * "The Divine Light Mission In Australia" by Derek Harper & Michael McDonald

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 * Sims "Teen guru--God to some, a 'bunch of bunk' to others" Patsy Sims, Chicago Tribune 7/15/74
 * Singh "The Guru Business", Khushwant Singh, The New York Times, April 8, 1973
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 * UPI "Guru following down; tactics changing", UPI, Waterloo Courier Nov. 25, 1976
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 * UPI "Two ex-cult officers see possible Guyana repeat", UPI, Newport Rhode Island Daily News November 25, 1978. p. 8
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