How does the student learn ?
A bit like old days... Alone working at the computer, listening to the radio and throwing chips from the workshop at the internet... Nostalgia is a curious beast. I was going through my old blogs for the past five years. Some of the most creative moments came from the cavern of a troglodyte. kālena pādaṁ labhate tathāyaṁ tathaiva pādaṁ guru-yogataś ca | utsāha-yogena ca pādam ṛcchec cchāstre ṇa ca pādaṁ ca tato'bhiyāti || The disciple learns one-fourth from the guru, one-fourth by his own effort, one-fourth by discussion with his co-disciples, and one-fourth by the efflux of time. ( Sanat-sujātiyā 3.13) The translation does not give the four items in the same sequence as the Sanskrit, following the commentary ascribed to Shankara. Swami Veda's translation, which is more faithful to the original, goes as follows: The disciple attains a quarter in time, a quarter through association with the guru, a quarter through his own enthusiasm and diligence, and the final quarter ...