For most persons, spiritual Sadhana (spiritual practice that means discipline and training) consists in the external observance of rituals and ceremonies prescribed by their own religion. In the initial stages such as observance has its own value as a factor contributing toward self-purification and mental discipline. But ultimately the aspirant has to transcend the phase of external conformity and become initiated into the deeper aspects of spiritual Sadhana.
When this happens the external aspect of religion falls into the background and the aspirant gets interested in the essentials revealed in all great religions…….