Sadhana Practice Brings Positive Changes in Life

Nepal Oregon News reporter

At a time when the whole world is bogged down in coronavirus crisis and so many countries are facing tumultuous political and economic dilemma, more and more people in the world are going for meditation, yoga and Sadhana. 

Sadhana practice brings positive changes in life and it has lots of benefits for mental as well as physical health.

Sadhana is also performed for attaining detachment from worldly things. Sadhana is a Sanskrit word that means spiritual exercise. Sadhana is a spiritual practice in  which the practitioner invokes a divinity, identifying and absorbing it into himself - the primary form of meditation in Vajrayana Buddhism.

Sadhana practice is one of the many activities which has continuously been conducted by Portland's Nritya Mandala Mahavihara for last several years.

Likewise, a regular Sadhana practice was also held in the zoom on Wednesday, Jan 27 at the Nritya Mandala Mahavihara in Portland.

Twelve people from Oregon, California, Hongkong and Canada participated at the Sadhana practice in the zoom.

Speaking on the occasion, before the beginning of Sadhana practice, Pundit Prajwal Ratna Vajracharya threw light on the importance of Chakra in Sadhana.

In Sanskrit, Chakra means 'wheel' or 'disk' which indicates the shape of human energy points that unite mind, body and spirit.

In Newah Buddhism, the God is inside the mind of a human being. If you practice Sadhana, you can salvage yourself from stress, sorrow and other worldly problems, said Vajracharya.

Buddha has salvaged the entire mankind by practicing 16 Sadhanas. Sadhana's relevance has been mentioned in Lalitbistar too, Vajracharya added.

According to Pundit Vajracharya, there are five kinds of Chakra: (1) Mahasukha chakra (2) Vishuddha chakra (3) Anahata chakra (4) Svadhisthana chakra and (5) Muladhar chakra.

Mahasukha chakra (Root chakra), according to Vajracharya,  helps us to balance the bliss (anand) and happiness.

Likewise, Vishuddha chakra's (Throat chakra) function is to help us find aunthentic self-expression, Vajracharya went on saying.

Similarly, speaking about Anahata chakra (Heart chakra), he said   that this chakra's function is to help us tap into unconditional love.

Regarding Svadhisthana chakra (Sacral chakra), Vajracharya stated that this chakra's function is to help us regulate our emotions, feelings and hankerings for worldly things, so as not to be guided or misguided by them.

Speaking about Muladhar chakra (Root chakra), Vajracharya remarked that this chakra which is the foundation of our body, helps us to maintain a sense of groundedness and inner stability.

Pundit Vajracharya also underlined the importance of praying Avalokiteshvara and Padmanatesvara in Sadhana practices.