SaadhanaachatuShTaya

साधनाचतुष्टय
(Four-fold saadhanaa)

Four-fold saadhana is followed on the Jnaana Maarga as indeed Ashtaangayoga is followed on the Yoga Marga (Ashtaangayoga was discussed earlier)

1. Viveka - The ability to discriminate between real and unreal.

2. Vairaagya - A spirit of detachment from enjoyment of sense objects and fruits of actions.

3. A sextet of essentials (SHADSAMPATTI ) :
(SIX TREASURES TO BE ACQUIRED )
a) Sama: peacefulness, tranquility, composure
b) Dama: Self-control.
c) Uparati: renunciation, cessation of actions, self-withdrawal
d) TitikShaa: forbearance, endurance, fortitude, getting over dwandwas (sukh-dukha, gain-loss etc) and accept either without struggle for revenge or redress, being always free from anxiety or lament over them i.e. dwandwas.
e) Shraddhaa - Clear understanding supported by discrimintion, faith, an affirmative frame of mind (humility, sincerity earnestness, unwavering and reverential pursuit of the Real at any cost).
f) Samaadhaana - Profound meditation, abstract contemplation

4. MumukShatva - A burning, surging desire for mokSha.