> > > So Robin, are you an acharya? > > > > > The term 'acharya' means teacher in Hindi, so yes, > > Robin seems to have been made a TM Teacher by > > Maharishi. > > Bhairitu: > TM teachers, of which I am one, are certainly NOT > archaryas. > That's great, but I was never made a 'TM Teacher' by Maharishi. That's because I was a Zen Master years before I even met up with MMY. I can teach meditation to anyone I want to, as long as I don't call it 'TM'. So, that makes me at least a level seven siddhacharya and I can do rituals too.
Go ahead - ask me a spiritual question. > There is some doubt in circles that even MMY ever > achieved acharya level. I am not an archarya in the > Kali Sadhaka tradition. I am only a Sidh tantric > and have yet to even achieve "tantric shastri." The > titles may change a little from tradition to > tradition. > > Someone on another forum once informed that Kashmiri > Shaivism has a set of levels too. An archarya has the > "license" to make new teachers. As Sidh tantric in my > tradition I can teach meditation, give shaktipat and > do some tantric cures and rituals. But I cannot > initiate new tantrics. That requires the acharya > level. >
