Maharishi Spiritual Center.

• Position: Tax issues - Brief Article

After reflecting on a claim by the Maharishi Spiritual Center that it's an educational organization and exempt from $238,000 in annual property taxes, Watauga County and the N.C. Property Tax Commission concluded that what it's teaching is fundraising. Several hundred men - Purushas and -- women -- Mother Divines -- mend the spirit in morning and late-afternoon meditation. In between, officials say, they man the phones...