Possible Clues:

• Religious instructor is eating, belly up
• R. K. Narayan's teacher took to the water with me
• Teacher points to a friend from Paris
• Mystic friend from Devon and Cornwall
• Hindu teacher whirled in front of one
• Holy person
• Noble writer provides great weight in support of first black novelist
• Hindu mystic travelled without boat to island?
• Crawled in front of singular teacher!
• Morning in Westminster for religious instructor