http://paulmason.info/gurudev/gurudev.htm 'The Teachings of Guru Dev - The Roots of TM' Quotations of Shankaracharya Swami Brahmananda Saraswati Compiled by Paul Mason # Reference 18 The Maharishi told me that the other disciples of Brahmanand - and there are thousands of them - 'do not tally with me now'. It is in fact evident that among most of India's holy men he is regarded as a kind of heretic or at least a dangerous and misguided reformer. Even ordinary Indians look askance at what they consider his intention to 'popularise mysticism'. 18 Excerpt from an article entitled 'You don't know you're there, but you know you've been' by Cyril Dunn in Observer, 14th January 1968