Lecture on the 3 components of Sadhana, Swadhyaya, Samardhan in Pranahuti Yoga meditation by Dr Sastry Bhamidipati
Our system is Sadhana, Swadhyaya, and Samardhan (SSS).
The Sadhana is the meditation practices that are prescribed to us, and the commandments (way of living).
This subject is for people who are doing regular sadhana and trying to follow commandments. Understand one point: If there is no Sadhana, then there is no use of anything else. That is the beginning step.
The Swadhyaya is literature study. In today’s world, we think that just by reading once, we have understood. But after 30 years of practice, even today, when reading the Basic Writings of Sri Ramchandra, I get several pointers. Repeated study is not just reading. Study means you have to have your notes. From this pointer, you need to deduce. It is inner Bhava; Master teaches you. It is not the vastness of the subject; it is the depth of the subject - how deep you go.
Swadhyaya helps us understand “Am I doing correctly? Is this what they asked us to do? Is this the change that I am seeing in my life?” It helps us to understand our spiritual experiences against the experiences of the forerunners of the path as described in the literature.
The Swadhyaya helps us in frequent remembrance. Frequent remembrance includes Shravana (listening to the teaching of the Master), Manana (contemplation), and Nididhyasana (ruminate and meditate to get the meaning). Later it leads to constant remembrance. Constant remembrance is a condition.
Samardhan is the support. That is Pranahuti. Pranahuti is the support system.
The teacher is going to do something. No, I expose myself. When we go to the doctor, we tell our symptoms and then based on that, the doctor can diagnose. Then the corresponding Pranahuti work can be done.
Regular practice (Sadhana) will help you understand the system better. The support is the Pranahuti. The study of literature (Swadhyaya) brings correct understanding so that we implement the methods correctly, as well as we take Pranahuti correctly. We have all three.
Swadhyaya helps the preceding step Sadhana. The Swadhyaya helps the succeeding step called support (Samardhan) also. And the support of Pranahuti in turn raises our consciousness, which will help us to understand the system better as well as to do the Sadhana better. So it is a kind of triangle, where one will help the other, to the other.
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