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Bhakti, devotional service, the sadhana and the sadhya the goal as well.

While in sadhana one practices bhakti as means and in perfection one still performs bhakti but in a pure way to please the Lord free from any contamination.

Whereas the process of karma, jnana and yoga etc.. end with the achievement of the temporary goals.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

2007-05-23 18:17:24 · answer #1 · answered by Gaura 7 · 0 0

SADANA is a never ending spititual process and one can not confientaially say that he has reached the final stage or truth. So SADANA and other connected things have to be continued and practiced more and more-

Sadhana (Sanskrit sādhanam) is a term for "a means of accomplishing something" or more specifically "spiritual practice". It includes a variety of disciplines from Hindu traditions that are followed in order to achieve various spiritual or ritual objectives. The word is also used in the same connection within Sikhism.

The historian N. Bhattacharyya provides a working definition of the benefits of sadhana as follows:

"... religious sādhanā, which both prevents an excess of worldliness and moulds the mind and disposition (bhāva) into a form which develops the knowledge of dispassion and non-attachment. Sādhanā is a means whereby bondage become liberation."

The paths
The term sadhana means spiritual exertion towards an intended goal. A person undertaking such a practice is known as a sadhu or a sadhaka. The goal of sadhana is to attain some level of spiritual realization, which can be either enlightenment, pure love of God (prema), liberation (moksha) from the cycle of birth and death (Samsara), or a particular goal such as the blessings of a deity as in the Bhakti traditions.

Sadhana can involve meditation, chanting of mantra (sometimes with the help of a japa mala), puja to a deity, and in rare cases mortification of the flesh or unorthodox practices such as performing one's particular sadhana on a cremation ground-

2007-05-23 18:42:57 · answer #2 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 0 0

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