A: There is nothing rigorous about sadhana, though some may find it somewhat difficult and though undoubtedly it is to be associated with certain amount of effort. It is just like this; we see the buses climbing the hill to reach Kodaikanal. While ascending they roar with the effort to climb but while getting down the hill, they come down rather smoothly with relatively lesser effort. This means that ascent is attended by effort while descent is just easy. Similarly, to attain spiritual heights one should exert oneself. Instead one chooses for a downfall, one may slide down the slope with ease.
Further it is believed that those who follow the righteous path go to Heaven and those who indulge in evil acts go to Hell. The path to Hell is wide and the place is spacious as more people tread towards it as in the case of an unreserved railway compartment. In contrast, the road to heaven is narrow and the place is relatively smaller and only a few do good acts to qualify to go there. The implication is that the spiritual path is rather narrow and one should exert oneself to tread along and stick to it. In other words, Sadhana does require some effort but not one impossible to attain.
(To be continued)
From the book "Divine Directions" by Prof. K. Anil Kumar)
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