Adhikāra is the qualification that makes a person fit to undertake a practice or receive a teaching. Indian traditions hold that teaching should be given according to the student’s capacity, and that a practice suited to one stage may harm at another. The idea underlies the gradual paths of Vedānta and the tantric initiations.
Adhikāra
Eligibility: the fitness of a person for a particular teaching or practice.
Also: Adhikara