PHILOSOPHY OF HINDU SADHANA

Hindu Sadhana contributes a highly interesting and important work to the literature of Hindu Thought and Religion. This book presents the practical side of Hindu Philosophy as manifested in the different religious systems of the Hindus. It shows the essential connection between theory and practice, and to point out the true significance of the course of discipline prescribed by the different religious system for the attainment of spiritual realization. The first part of this book is devoted to the discussion of the function and characteristics or Hindu Sadhana in general. The second part deals with the particular forms of Hindu Sadhana – Karma, Jnana and Bhakti. The Yoga form of Sadhana is included under Karma and the system propounded by Patanjali as representative of the Yoga line of Sadhana. The Tantric method of Sadhana has been included under the Bhakti line, because it emphasizes the aspect of Upasana or worship. Technical discussions has been avoided as far as possible, and it is expected that the book will suit the general reader.