 Deepak Chopra , who was not present but later became a disciple of the Maharishi and a friend of Harrison 's , said in 2008 that the Beatles and their entourage " were doing drugs , taking LSD , at Maharishi 's ashram " . An article in the Washington Post reported that " others said the Beatles resumed drug use at the ashram " . The Beatles ' group also violated the Maharishi 's " no alcohol rule " when they consumed " <unk> " which Mardas , who Cynthia thought was not an active meditator , " smuggled in " from a nearby village . 
