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SADHANA

Sadhana means spiritual run, that is the whole all the practices, the rituals and the austerities that are performed with regularity and concentration, with the purpose to get Moksha (liberation).

 

In the tantras is affirmed that Shiva, in his endless grace, full of compassion for the suffering beings in this dark age, proclaimed through the tantric sadhana the spiritual emancipation. Tantrism is not a simple theory or philosophy, but it prescribes above all a systematic sadhana, a regular discipline, according to the temperament, ability and evolutionary degree of the apprentice. A formidable opportunity to experiment extraordinary techniques for the spiritual evolution, introducing in the world of the yantras, mantra and tantra.


Yantra, mantra and tantra symbolically represent the three paths of the Hinduism. the yantra represents the path of the knowledge (Jnanamarg), The mantra represents the path of the devotion (Bhaktimarg), the tantra represents the path of the action (Karmasanyasmarg).

YANTRA       MANTRA       TANTRA

 

Principal types of Sadhana

 

bulletRepetition of the Name
bulletNamasmarana / Japa Mala (repetition of formulas or mantra)
bulletBhajan
bulletDialogue
bulletSatsang
bulletPrayer
bulletAbstentions / Austerity
bulletSilence (Abstention from the word)
bulletFast (integral, or limited to determined types of food)
bulletChastity
bulletAsceticism (renouncement to the worldly life)
bulletStudy of the sacred texts
bulletSeva (disinterested service)
bulletAdoration
bulletPuja
bulletYajña (ritual sacrifices)
bulletAblutions
bulletContemplation
bulletDhyana (meditation)
bulletContemplation of one or more Murti

Some aghori sadhanas are:

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Sava Sadhana (done sitting on a corpse)

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Smashan Sadhana (done in the cremation ground)

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Pancha Munda Sadhana. (done sitting on a seat of five skulls)