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n. A spiritual practice or discipline leading to a goal.
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Sādhana (Sanskrit: साधन; , 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, sādhana 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 sādhana as follows:
Iyengar (1993: p. 22) in his English translation of and commentary to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali defines sādhana in relation to abhyāsa and kriyā:
Sadhana is a Socialist Marathi weekly publication that was established by Pandurang Sadashiv Sane (Sane Guruji), a leader of Rashtra Seva Dal on August 15, 1948. It was edited by Marathi writer Shankar Dattatraya Javdekar from 1950 to 1952. Yadunath Thatte became Sadhana's editor in 1956 and continued to lead it until 1982. G.P. Pradhan was the next editor of the weekly.
In the early 1970s the magazine provided a forum for voices from the Dalit Panther movement, who were revolting against the treatment of low castes in Indian society. Some of the Dalit writings published by the magazine were considered to be inflammatory by the middle class and even led to calls to ban the concerned issues. Sadhana brought the Dalit activists to the attention to the Marathi intelligentsia, and gave an impetus to the growing dalit movement.
The magazine served as a voice for Socialist thought in India and played a key role in the mass awakening during the 21-month-long Emergency Rule in India that was imposed in June 1975. In July 1976, the Government of India led by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi intimidated the weekly to stop publication by abusive use of national defence laws. The magazine reopened soon after, after winning a landmark court case concerning press freedom in which Justice V.D. Tulzapurkar of the Bombay High Court along with Justice B.C. Gadgil quashed the government order seizing the assets of Sadhana Press, and struck down censorship orders as arbitrary.
Sādhanā is a Sanskrit term for "a means to accomplish something" used in Hindu and Buddhist traditions.
Sadhana may also refer to:
Sadhana is an Indian actress in Malayalam movies. She was one of the prominent lead actress during the late 1960s and 1970s in Malayalam and Tamil movies. She has acted in more than 100 movies.
Usage examples of "sadhana".
Over and above Sadhana, writing-work and rendering spiritual help to the world during his apparent retirement there were plenty of other activities of which the outside world has no knowledge.
While exploring and sounding the tremendous possibilities of human personality in his intense spiritual Sadhana, he has shown us that practically there are no limits to its expansion and ascent.
After Sri Aurobindo had come to Pondicherry from Chandernagore, he entered upon an intense period of spiritual Sadhana and for a few months he refused to receive anyone.
As years passed the evening sittings went on changing their time and often those disciples who came from outside for a temporary stay for Sadhana were allowed to join them.
But even supposing that I grant Sadhana to be of greater importance, and even intellectually understand that I should concentrate upon it.
I want to know whether it is safer to leave the Sadhana to the Universal or to the Divine ?
So long as such an intense state of Sadhana does not come there is no harm in continuing the work.
It was written at a time when my Sadhana had not reached its perfection.
After 1910 when Sri Aurobindo was engrossed in Sadhana he read very few books.
Instead of trying to push ahead in Sadhana, it is better to give time to the preparation for Yoga which is the preliminary purification of the Adhar-the nature-mould.
Then Sri Aurobindo resumed: It seems evident that X must have done some Sadhana in his previous life and must have acquired some powers then.
The first thing in a case where both man and woman are aspirants is to help each other in Sadhana, the spiritual effort.
They have their eye on this yoga, and they would try to hamper the Sadhana by every means.
She must go on with her own Sadhana without caring to lift her husband.
On the contrary, an artificial demand for Sadhana created by external pressure may be very bad for her.