# Practice & Spiritual Activities *Devotional practices, spiritual disciplines, and religious activities* **Total entries:** 280 (including 4 major comprehensive entries) *** ## Major Comprehensive Entries *The most extensive references on spiritual practice:* - [[index/entries/devotional-service-to-supreme-lord|Devotional Service to Supreme Lord]] (112KB) - Complete guide to bhakti practices - [[index/entries/spiritual-master|Spiritual Master]] (45KB) - Comprehensive guide to guru and discipleship - [[index/entries/worship|Worship]] (28KB) - Complete entry on worship practices - [[index/entries/sacrifice|Sacrifice]] (28KB) - Comprehensive entry on yajña and sacrifice *** ## Core Devotional Practices ### Nine Processes of Devotional Service *The fundamental practices of bhakti-yoga* - [[index/entries/hearing|Śravaṇam]] - Hearing about Krishna - [[index/entries/chanting|Kīrtanam]] - Chanting the holy names - [[index/entries/remembrance-of-lord|Smaraṇam]] - Remembering the Lord - [[index/entries/arcana|Arcanam]] - Deity worship - [[index/entries/prasadam|Prasādam]] - Sanctified food offering - [[index/entries/prayer|Vandanam]] - Offering prayers - [[index/entries/service|Dāsyam]] - Servant relationship - [[index/S#Sakhyam in Kṛṣṇa consciousness|Sakhyam]] - Friendship with Krishna - [[index/entries/surrender|Ātma-nivedanam]] - Complete surrender ### Holy Name & Mantras *Chanting and recitation practices* - [[index/entries/maha-mantra|Mahā-mantra]] - Hare Krishna mantra - [[index/entries/gayatri-mantra|Gāyatrī mantra]] - Sacred Vedic mantra - [[index/entries/omkara|Oṁ(kāra)]] - Primordial sound - [[index/entries/mantra|Mantras]] - Sacred formulas - [[index/entries/sound-transcendental|Sound, transcendental]] - Spiritual vibration ### Deity Worship & Temple Practice *Arcā-vigraha service and temple activities* - [[index/entries/arca-vigraha|Arcā-vigraha]] - Deity form worship - [[index/entries/temple|Temple(s)]] - Houses of worship - [[index/entries/bathing|Bathing]] - Abhiṣeka ceremonies - [[index/entries/gopala-deity-at-govardhana|Gopāla Deity at Govardhana]] - Famous Deity - [[index/entries/hot-iron-rod-and-deity-form|Hot iron rod and Deity form]] - Analogy ### Festivals & Observances *Sacred celebrations and observances* - [[index/entries/ratha-yatra-festival|Ratha-yātrā festival]] - Chariot festival - [[index/entries/panihati|Pāṇihāṭi]] - Festival site - [[index/entries/annakuta-ceremony|Annakūṭa ceremony]] - Govardhana celebration *** ## Spiritual Disciplines & Regulations ### Renunciation & Detachment *Practices of restraint and detachment* - [[index/entries/renunciation|Renunciation]] - Tyāga - [[index/entries/detachment|Detachment]] - Vairāgya - [[index/entries/sannyasa|Sannyāsa]] - Renounced order - [[index/entries/sannyasi|Sannyāsī(s)]] - Renunciants - [[index/entries/celibacy|Celibacy]] - Brahmacarya ### Austerity & Self-Control *Practices of discipline and restraint* - [[index/entries/atonement|Atonement]] - Prāyaścitta - [[index/entries/self-control|Self-control]] - Internal discipline - [[index/entries/sense-control|Sense control]] - Restraint of senses - [[index/entries/cleanliness|Cleanliness]] - Internal and external purity - [[index/entries/breathing|Breathing]] - Prāṇāyāma practices - [[index/entries/pranayama|Prāṇāyāma]] - Breath control ### Meditation & Yoga *Contemplative and yogic practices* - [[index/entries/samadhi|Samādhi]] - Absorption - [[index/entries/samadhi-trance|Samādhi (trance)]] - Deep meditation - [[index/entries/trance|Trance]] - Spiritual absorption - [[index/entries/mystic-power|Mystic power(s)]] - Siddhis - [[index/entries/mysticism|Mysticism]] - Esoteric practices *** ## Social & Religious Duties ### Varṇāśrama Duties *Duties according to social and spiritual orders* - [[index/entries/varnasrama-dharma|Varṇāśrama-dharma]] - Social system - [[index/entries/varnasrama-dharma-system|Varṇāśrama-dharma system]] - Complete system - [[index/entries/brahmana|Brāhmaṇa(s)]] - Priestly class - [[index/entries/ksatriya|Kṣatriya(s)]] - Warrior class - [[index/entries/sudra|Śūdra(s)]] - Worker class - [[index/entries/dvija|Dvija(s)]] - Twice-born ### Household Life & Duties *Gṛhastha āśrama practices* - [[index/entries/grhastha-asrama|Gṛhastha-āśrama]] - Householder life - [[index/entries/grhasthas|Gṛhasthas]] - Householders - [[index/entries/family-family-life|Family (Family life)]] - Household duties - [[index/entries/marriage|Marriage]] - Sacred union - [[index/entries/children|Children]] - Progeny and education ### Charity & Welfare *Practices of giving and service* - [[index/entries/charity|Charity]] - Dāna - [[index/entries/welfare-activities|Welfare activities]] - Social service - [[index/entries/pious-activities|Pious activities]] - Puṇya-karma - [[index/entries/benedictions|Benedictions]] - Blessings *** ## Philosophical Paths & Practices ### Knowledge Path (Jñāna) *Practices of philosophical inquiry* - [[index/entries/jnana|Jñāna]] - Knowledge path - [[index/entries/jnana-jnanis|Jñāna/Jñānīs]] - Knowledge practitioners - [[index/entries/jnanis|Jñānīs]] - Philosophers - [[index/entries/speculation|Speculation]] - Mental speculation - [[index/entries/philosopher-speculative|Philosopher(s), speculative]] - Speculative thinkers ### Karma Path *Practices of dutiful action* - [[index/entries/karma|Karma]] - Law of action - [[index/entries/karma-kanda|Karma-kāṇḍa]] - Fruitive rituals - [[index/entries/karmi|Karmī(s)]] - Fruitive workers - [[index/entries/fruitive-activities|Fruitive activities]] - Result-oriented actions - [[index/entries/fruitive-work|Fruitive work]] - Material activities ### Bhakti Path *Devotional practices and stages* - [[index/entries/bhakti|Bhakti]] - Devotional service - [[index/entries/bhakti-defined|Bhakti defined]] - Definition - [[index/entries/bhagavata-dharma|Bhāgavata-dharma]] - Devotional principles - [[index/entries/pure-devotee|Pure devotee(s)]] - Perfected devotees - [[index/entries/neophyte-devotee|Neophyte devotee(s)]] - Beginning practitioners *** ## Scriptural Study & Education ### Sacred Texts *Study and recitation of scriptures* - [[index/entries/vedic-literature|Vedic literatures]] - Sacred texts - [[index/entries/scripture|Scripture(s)]] - Holy books - [[index/entries/isopanisad|Īśopaniṣad]] - Vedic text - [[index/entries/bhakti-sandarbha|Bhakti-sandarbha]] - Jīva Gosvāmī's work - [[index/entries/hari-bhakti-vilasa|Hari-bhakti-vilāsa]] - Vaiṣṇava smṛti ### Educational Practices *Learning and teaching* - [[index/entries/education|Education]] - Spiritual learning - [[index/entries/initiation|Initiation(s)]] - Dīkṣā - [[index/entries/disciplic-succession|Disciplic succession(s)]] - Paramparā - [[index/entries/disciple-succession|Disciple succession(s)]] - Guru lineage *** ## Purification & Liberation ### Purification Practices *Methods of spiritual cleansing* - [[index/entries/purification|Purification]] - Śuddhi - [[index/entries/purity|Purity]] - Cleanliness - [[index/entries/suddha-sattva|Śuddha-sattva]] - Pure goodness - [[index/entries/bathing|Bathing]] - Ritual ablution ### Liberation & Realization *Practices leading to mukti* - [[index/entries/liberation|Liberation]] - Mukti - [[index/entries/salvation|Salvation]] - Deliverance - [[index/entries/self-realiation|Self-realization]] - Ātma-jñāna - [[index/entries/god-realiation|God realization]] - Bhagavat-realization - [[index/entries/nirvana|Nirvāṇa]] - Cessation *** ## Material Practices to Avoid ### Sense Gratification *Practices binding to material existence* - [[index/entries/sense-gratification|Sense gratification]] - Bhoga - [[index/entries/enjoyment-sense-gratification|Enjoyment (sense gratification)]] - Material pleasure - [[index/entries/sex-life|Sex life]] - Kāma - [[index/entries/intoxication|Intoxication]] - Substance use - [[index/entries/meat-eating|Meat-eating]] - Animal consumption ### Material Attachments *Worldly pursuits and attachments* - [[index/entries/materialism|Materialism]] - Material consciousness - [[index/entries/material-life|Material life]] - Worldly existence - [[index/entries/economic-development|Economic development]] - Artha - [[index/entries/wealth|Wealth]] - Material riches - [[index/entries/possession-material|Possession(s), material]] - Material ownership *** ## States & Experiences ### Spiritual States *Advanced stages of realization* - [[index/entries/ecstasy|Ecstasy]] - Spiritual rapture - [[index/entries/transcendence|Transcendence]] - Beyond material - [[index/entries/immortality|Immortality]] - Deathlessness - [[index/entries/satisfaction|Satisfaction]] - Contentment - [[index/entries/peace|Peace]] - Śānti ### Material Conditions *States of material existence* - [[index/entries/birth-death-cycle|Birth-death cycle]] - Saṁsāra - [[index/entries/bondage-material|Bondage, material]] - Material entanglement - [[index/entries/suffering|Suffering(s)]] - Duḥkha - [[index/entries/miseries|Miseries]] - Kleśa - [[index/entries/fear|Fear]] - Bhaya *** ## Related Categories - [[index/meta/ritual|Ritual Practices]] - Specific rituals and ceremonies - [[index/meta/bhakti-stages|Bhakti Stages]] - Progressive stages of devotion - [[index/meta/yoga-meditation|Yoga & Meditation]] - Yogic practices - [[index/meta/varnasrama|Varṇāśrama System]] - Social duties - [[index/meta/acaryas|Ācāryas]] - Spiritual teachers and their practices - [[index/meta/gaudiya-literature|Gauḍīya Literature]] - Texts on practice *** *See also:* [[index/meta/concepts|Concepts]] · [[index/meta/personalities|Personalities]] · [[index/index|Main Index]]