This article was written by Srivatsa Ramaswami and is reproduced here with his kind permission: ‘Prasāda is a word in normal usage even now in India, in almost all the Indian languages. It indicates something purified/sanctified. It indicates something offered to the Lord and then distributed among the devotees in temples. My Guru would say [...]

This article is written by Srivatsa Ramaswami and is reproduced here with his kind permission: ‘Sri Krishnamacharya would resolve (vigraha) the sanskrit compound word (samasa) Mudra as that (procedure) which gives joy –mudam raati dadaati iti mudraa. It is made from two different roots, ‘mud’ to rejoice and ‘raa’ to give. The word has been [...]

This article was written by Srivatsa Ramaswami and is published here with his kind permission: ‘About five years ago when I started offering a 200 Hr Teacher Training Program, I mainly wanted to cover a broad range of subjects Sri Krishnamacharya taught me. I thought that to have an appreciation of the depth and breadth [...]