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    The ancient teachings outline a six step process for learning called Śikṣaṇa Krama. [1] The instruction must be appropriate to the learner's level of understanding. [2] The learner must correctly absorb and remember what they have understood, as tested by the teacher. [3] The learner's level of practice is evaluated. [4] Their practice is assessed for how much they have truly learned rather than being mechanical. [5] The learner is asked to transmit their new knowledge. [6] How well they can transmit what they learned shows the success of the process, called viniyoga.

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    The ancient teachings outline a six step process for learning called Śikṣaṇa Krama. [1] The instruction must be appropriate to the learner's level of understanding. [2] The learner must correctly absorb and remember what they have understood, as tested by the teacher. [3] The learner's level of practice is evaluated. [4] Their practice is assessed for how much they have truly learned rather than being mechanical. [5] The learner is asked to transmit their new knowledge. [6] How well they can transmit what they learned shows the success of the process, called viniyoga.

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    Represented From My Notes From A Retreat With TKV Desikachar France August 1983

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    Even in the case of ikaa Krama (sequence for doing something perfectly

    or correctly) the ancient had cautions:



    Yukta ikaa (skilful instruction)
    The teaching must be appropriate to the intelligence of the individual.
    Grahaa ikaa (grasping instruction)
    Also able to absorb correctly what you have understood.
    You must test them, confuse them to see if they have.
    Yukta Smaraa (skilful remembering)
    The teacher should find out how much the person remembers what
    they have understood.
    Yukta Abhysa (skilful practice)
    How much a person practices what he is given.
    To see if he has learnt, understood and practiced.
    Yukta Anubhva (skilful becoming)
    Even practice can be mechanical, even if it is regular.
    So how much you have learnt from the practice.
    What it has taught you.
    Yukta Pracram (skilful spreading)
    Finally, you ask the person to transmit what they have received.

    The transmission shows the Siddhi (accomplishment) of the Sdhana
    (means).
    This is viniyoga.
    These outlines are valid whether ikaa (do something perfectly or
    correctly) or Rakaa (protection) Krama (sequence).
    If what is given is mechanical it is not viniyoga.
    That is why the viniyoga spirit is very important these days.
    - Represented from my notes from a retreat with TKV Desikachar France August 1983

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