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 18:44:21
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answered by Jayaraman 7
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Doing spiritual practice which we call ' Sadhana ' , should be a never ending process. We can't be happy with some truth, because untruth is always there with us. We know that the heart is a restless weapon with us. It just doesn't sit idle. And it has an eternally age old habit of succumbing to our worldly desires. So if you leave it free, it will naturally go back to the place where it is used to, since ages.
Sadhana means, working with your intellect to guide your heart into the path of truth. A Guru is a must. Don't ever think that you can do sadhana without the assistance of a Guru.
It is not implied here, that you should cease to do what you are doing in your own way. Doing it is always better, than not doing at all. But the desire of meeting with a true saint should always be paramount, to get the benefits.
2007-05-24 02:02:44
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answered by Vijay D 7
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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
2007-05-24 01:17:43
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answered by Gaura 7
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