Links to Related Resources & Longer Articles:

• Śrī Kṛṣṇavāgīśa – A Prayer to Śrī Krishnamacharya with Translation
• The breadth, depth and potential of Desikachar’s teachings on practice……
• T Krishnamacharya’s accomplishments should not be defined just by his more well known characterisations……
• Yoga Sūtra on Stress – An interview with TKV Desikachar

Collated Related Short Posts & Quotes:

“Different suggestions are available in our tradition
to help the beginner arrive at the highest state of Samādhi.
For example, using the image or idol of Īśvara
in the form pleasant to the seeker or even a picture frame.”
– T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 42

“Similarly, because of the proximity of Citta and Puruṣa,
what is the quality of one is taken to be of the other.
In our convention they are often taken as one
and not two distinct entities with different natures.
This state is Asmitā.”
– T Krishnamacharya on Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 6

“In the Indian tradition some Mantra
are known as Mahāvakya or great sayings.
They express and re-mind us, in both
a mystical and poetical way, of the
presence of the eternal Awareness
within the everyday flux of existence.
There is one such Mahāvakya, renowned
and beautiful in its profound simplicity as
a heuristic means for revelation, whether
your Sādhana traverses either of two paths.
Either, the Sādhana path of Jñana Dhyānam
or, the Sādhana path of Bhakti Dhyānam.”
Namely:
तत् त्वम् असि
Tat Tvam Asi ॥
“That Thou Art”
– Paul Harvey on Chāndogya Upaniṣad VI.8.7
– 108 Dhāraṇā Practice Pointers