The Transcendental Meditation technique is a specific form of silent mantra meditation developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
 It is often referred to as Transcendental Meditation, or simply TM.
 The meditation practice involves the use of a mantra and is practiced for 15–20 minutes twice per day while sitting with one's eyes closed.
 It is reported to be one of the most-widely practiced, and among the most widely researched meditation techniques, with over 340 peer-reviewed studies published.
 Beginning in 1965, the Transcendental Meditation technique has been incorporated into certain schools, universities, corporations, and prison programs in the USA, Latin America, Europe, and India.
 In 1977, a U.S. district court ruled that a curriculum in TM and the Science of Creative Intelligence (SCI) being taught in some New Jersey schools was religious in nature and in violation of the First Amendment.
 The technique has since been included in a number of educational and social programs around the world.
Transcendental Meditation in education (also known as Consciousness-Based Education) is the application of the Transcendental Meditation technique in an educational setting or institution.
 These educational programs and institutions have been founded in the USA, United Kingdom, Australia, India, Africa and Japan.
 The Transcendental Meditation technique became popular with students in the 1960s and by the early 1970s centers for the Students International Meditation Society were established at a thousand campuses in the USA with similar growth occurring in Germany, Canada and Britain.
 The Maharishi International University was established in 1973 in the USA and began offering accredited, degree programs.
 In 1977 courses in Transcendental Meditation and the Science of Creative Intelligence (SCI) were legally prohibited from New Jersey (USA) public high schools on religious grounds by virtue of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
 This "dismantled" the TM program's use of government funding in U.S. public schools "but did not constitute a negative evaluation of the program itself".
 Since 1979, schools that incorporate the Transcendental Meditation technique using private, non-governmental funding have been reported in the USA, South America, Southeast Asia, Northern Ireland, South Africa and Israel.
In February 1968, the Beatles travelled to Rishikesh in northern India to attend an advanced Transcendental Meditation (TM) training session at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
 Their visit was one of the band's most productive periods and received widespread media attention.
 The Beatles' interest in the Maharishi was led by George Harrison's commitment, and it changed Western attitudes about Indian spirituality and encouraged the study of Transcendental Meditation.
Transcendental Meditation (TM) refers to a specific form of silent mantra meditation called the Transcendental Meditation technique,<ref name="Britannica online/TM"> </ref> and less commonly to the organizations that constitute the Transcendental Meditation movement.
 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918–2008) introduced the TM technique and TM movement in India, in the mid-1950s.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (12 January 1918 – 5 February 2008) was born Mahesh Prasad Varma and became known as "Maharishi" (meaning "great seer") and "Yogi" as an adult.
 He developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and was 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.
"Circles" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released as the final track of his 1982 album "Gone Troppo".
 Harrison wrote the song in India in 1968 while he and the Beatles were studying Transcendental Meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
 The theme of the lyrics is reincarnation.
 The composition reflects the cyclical aspect of human existence as, according to Hindu doctrine, the soul continues to pass from one life to the next.
 Although the Beatles never formally recorded it, "Circles" was among the demos the group made at Harrison's home, Kinfauns, in May 1968, while considering material for their double album "The Beatles".
The Transcendental Meditation movement (also referred to as Transcendental Meditation or TM) refers to the programs and organizations connected with the Transcendental Meditation technique founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India in the 1950s.
 The organization was estimated to have 900,000 participants in 1977, a million by the 1980s, and 5 million in more recent years.
The History of Transcendental Meditation (TM) and the Transcendental Meditation movement originated with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the organization, and continues beyond his death (2008).
 In 1955, the Maharishi began publicly teaching a traditional meditation technique learned from his master Brahmananda Saraswati, which he called Transcendental Deep Meditation, and later renamed Transcendental Meditation.
The Global Country of World Peace (GCWP) was inaugurated by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Transcendental Meditation, on October 7, 2000.
 It is a non-profit organization and cult that claims to promote Transcendental Meditation, education, and the construction of "buildings for peace" in the world’s major cities.
 The GCWP was originally conceived as "a country without borders for peace-loving people everywhere."
 It has issued a currency called the "Raam," and its leader is neurologist Tony Nader.
The Natural Law Party (NLP) is a transnational party founded in 1992 on "the principles of Transcendental Meditation",<ref name="Cowan/Bromley"> </ref> the laws of nature, and their application to all levels of government.
 At its peak, it was active in up to 74 countries; it continues in India and some parts of the United States.
 The party defines "natural law" as the organizing intelligence which governs the natural universe.
 The Natural Law Party advocates using the Transcendental Meditation technique and the TM-Sidhi program as tools to enliven natural law and reduce or eliminate problems in society.

Question: When was the man that studied Transcendental Meditation with Harrison  when he wrote "Circles" born? 
Answer: 12 January 1918