Sadhana Bhakti (साधना भक्ति)

Sadhana Bhakti (साधना भक्ति | sādhanā bhakti) means the practice of devotion. It is the preparatory stage of Bhakti in which a practitioner deliberately practices attaching the mind to God through repeated remembrance.

Sadhana means practice. The mind has been attached to the material world through repeated thought and habit. In Sadhana Bhakti, the seeker repeatedly directs that same mind toward God so that its attachment gradually shifts from the world to God.

The essential practice is therefore mental, not merely physical. Devotional activities performed by the senses can support Bhakti, but the mind itself must be engaged in God. Loving remembrance of God's form, known as Roop Dhyan, is central to this practice.

Sadhana Bhakti is what the seeker practices; Divine Bhakti is not produced by that practice. Sadhana Bhakti prepares and purifies the mind. When the mind becomes completely purified, Guru graces the jeev and bestows that Divine Bhakti.

The progression is:

Sadhana Bhakti → Grace of God → Divine Bhakti

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