rascal Maharishi Mahesh

I am very glad to learn that you are holding kirtana on the university
campus; do it nicely. Do not bother your head about that rascal Maharishi
Mahesh. His activities are like the waves tossing foam on the ocean. It will
stay for some time and then vanish. For the time the ocean appears to be
all-devouring but in proper time it is calm and quiet. Krsna consciousness
isn't like that. It is a great science. It requires great spiritual asset to
adopt the principles. You have desired to meet with Maharishi Mahesh for
argument, and as Lord Caitanya argued with Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya.
Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya was talking on the basic principle of Vedanta. So
there was a via media interpretation. This man does not follow any sastra or
any authority. He is authority by himself, and has manufactured his own
meditation process. Therefore, he is not standard. We cannot waste our time
with a non-standard loafer class man. Therefore, do not agitate your mind in
this way. We are following the footprints of Lord Caitanya. We are not going
to become God, as Maharishi says every one of us is God. You should be
firmly convinced in your own philosophy, Bhagavad-gita, otherwise you may be
misled. Why don't you try to convince the followers of Maharishi that they
are following a rascal, a cheat. Because he does not follow a standard
process.
So try to understand the followers of Maharishi, how far they have advanced
in spiritual consciousness, and get it corroborated from the teaching of
Bhagavad-gita as you learned. Lord Caitanya talked with Sarvabhauma on the
basis of Vedanta-sutra. The Maharishi has no basic principles; he is
manufacturing his own way. So it is useless to talk with him. He has
gathered the not very intelligent class of men, and they will not stay. We
are teaching Bhagavad-gita As It Is; that is called Krsna consciousness. Why
don't you try to understand Maharishi from the point of view of
Bhagavad-gita.
(Letter to Mahapurusa, 12th February, 1968)