Saṃkalpa is mainly the intention to do something……

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1. Summary of quotes from TKV Desikachar from a ten day meeting with......
2. The East is not going to solve your problems in regard to spirituality......
3. Saṃkalpa is mainly the intention to do something...... (This post)
4. We should not teach in the same way than has been done in the past......
5. How to respect the tradition and at the same time......
6. The teacher decides which of the trikrama (three steps) is the......
7. We have also to ask ourselves the question......
8. We need to find a balance between the demand and the capacity......
9. The Indian culture says: 'Dharma will protect the one who protects the Dharma'......
10. The Saṅga (association, group energy) must be springing from a......
11. If the Saṅga is at the Puruṣa level it will stay; if it is at the Prakṛti level it......
12. You must have teachers who will have supervision to respond in......

“Saṃkalpa is mainly the intention to do something, to be serious about my goal; it is something I feel I must do. Saṃkalpa must be on both parts: student and teacher, like when we chant ‘saha nāvavatu…’.
Saṃskāra means the purification, like cleaning a vessel before I use it for another purpose. It’s a kind of viyoga or separation. It concerns how I prepare for the situation. The Saṃskāra is an effort in both directions: student and teacher.
Saṃyoga means there is a good exchange; something begins to happen, something is given and something is received.
The best teaching has all three of these.”
- TKV Desikachar Speaking at a ten day meeting with his 16 senior Western students from 8 countries in London June 15th 1998

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