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Solo Practice
Fo reciting the sādhana solo, select any ritual items you may need for your practice listed in this
chapter. Note that when a man practices the sādhana solo, he dresses like and visualizes himself
as Padmanarteśvara, and visualizes himself in union with Vajravilāsinī. Whatever actions in the
sādhana you can perform physically on your own, you may do so. For practices you cannot
perform without a physical consort, you visualize yourself with your wisdom deity consort.
Time
When performing the complete sādhana with your lover, plan to spend about three hours per
session: an hour to prepare yourself and the space, and two hours performing the sādhana. Feel
free to take a little break time in between major sections. It is inauspicious to start a sādhana and
not finish, so make sure you have enough time for the whole practice. A straight recitation of the
sādhana without doing any accompanying practices takes about forty-five minutes.
Auspicious Times to Practice
Reciting a sādhana is traditionally performed four times per day, although longer sādhanas were
probably practiced only three times a day, but in the modern world once or twice a week is a
good goal. The sādhana is ideally performed in its complete form with your lover at night, four
times a month, on the four juncture (parvan) nights of the waxing Half Moon, Full Moon,
waning Half Moon, and New Moon. Practicing a sādhana on auspicious lunar nights is an
effective way to tap into the increased power of the celestial yoginīs who bestow their gifts.
Chanting the Sādhana
Chanting the sādhana in English is done simply by creating your own simple tune for each verse
and then repeating it until the end. At some point you may feel drawn to chant the original
Sanskrit verses to enjoy their beauty and sacred power. The meter of most verses is called śloka
(lit. verse), which is slow and lyrical, two phrases per line and two lines per verse, the classical
meter of most Sanskrit poetry.
Suggested Items
To purchase all the items for the sādhana should not be too expensive, as it is intentionally
minimalistic. A yogi or yoginī is always wealthy: you can visualize what you need.
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