Sadhana Babu

Sadhana Babu

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Sādhanā (Sanskrit: sādhanā; , THL druptap, ), literally "a means of accomplishing something", is an ego-transcending spiritual practice. It includes a variety of disciplines in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Sikh traditions that are followed in order to achieve various spiritual or ritual objectives. In particular, sādhanā can refer to a tantric liturgy or liturgical manual, that is, the instructions to carry out a ritual. The historian N. Bhattacharyya provides a working definition of the benefits of sādhanā as follows: Iyengar (1993: p. 22) in his English translation of and commentary to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali defines sādhanā in relation to abhyāsa and kriyā:
Sādhanā (Sanskrit: sādhanā; , THL druptap, ), literally "a means of accomplishing something", is an ego-transcending spiritual practice. It includes a variety of disciplines in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Sikh traditions that are followed in order to achieve various spiritual or ritual objectives. In particular, sādhanā can refer to a tantric liturgy or liturgical manual, that is, the instructions to carry out a ritual. The historian N. Bhattacharyya provides a working definition of the benefits of sādhanā as follows: Iyengar (1993: p. 22) in his English translation of and commentary to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali defines sādhanā in relation to abhyāsa and kriyā: