The curriculum is made for all sorts of
students. So, don’t get discouraged if you
happen to know many things already.
For example, I’d spend about two years in
India before taking the course. I knew most
things taught in Philosophy, Ayurveda, and
Mantra Chanting classes. But many students
came to India for the first time, and for them,
it was totally new information. In a way, that’s
how the course teaches you to be patient.
Also, if you have decided to take a TTC in
India, don’t expect it to be super structured.
It’s India, and people do it ‘Indian way.’ They
have a really different mentality: they can’t be
that strict and rigid as our University teachers.
Indian teachers are more likely to go with the
flow, rather than stick to a pre-written plan.
After the first week of the course, I remember,
some of us were complaining. We argued that
we came to learn this and that. We felt the
course wasn’t intensive enough, and the
course lacked structure.
Then the principal teacher sat down with us
and told us, ‘You’ll get only what you’re able
to digest. There’s no point to stuff yourself