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may be required to give the necessary instructions. This approach is typified by some
Tantric traditions, in which initiation by a guru is sometimes identified as a specific stage of sādhanā. On the other hand, individual renunciates may develop their own spiritual practice without participating in
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Kriyāyoga gives us the practical disciplines needed to scale the spiritual heights.....the four padas of the Yoga Sūtras describe different disciplines of practice, the qualities or aspects of which vary according to the development of intelligence and refinement of consciousness of each sādhaka.
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consisting of concentric squares and circles drawn on the ground and representing that adamantine plane of being on which the aspirant to
Buddhahood wishes to establish himself. The unfolding of the tantric ritual depends on the mandala; and where a material mandala is not employed, the adept
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The term sādhanā means "methodical discipline to attain desired knowledge or goal". Sadhana is also done for attaining detachment from worldly things, which itself can be the goal. A person undertaking such a practice is known in
Sanskrit as a
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can also be described as sadhana; constant efforts to achieve maximum level of perfection in all streams of day-to-day life can be described as
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