Not necessarily, but that's not the point. However he got the honorific, Maharishi certainly felt it was appropriate and never demurred. Many agreed with him and lots didn't.
** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > > On May 30, 2009, at 9:57 AM, Marek Reavis wrote: > > > The only thing I ever heard Maharishi say about it was that "people" > > started using it, and he didn't object. > > > Exactly. So someone must be lying. >