spiritual discipline
Devotional self-training regimen
A spiritual discipline is a regular practice undertaken to deepen one's relationship with the divine or to cultivate inner growth.
These practices—such as prayer, meditation, fasting, or contemplative reading—are found across religious traditions and are typically performed with intentionality rather than obligation.
The term emphasizes that spiritual development, like physical fitness, requires consistent effort and training.
She adopted a spiritual discipline of daily silence and reflection.
- meditationFocused attention practice
- contemplative prayerSilent, receptive spiritual practice
- prayerAddress to deity
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
asceticism · devotion · daily practice · self-denial · fasting · monasticism · holy orders · centering · mortification · desert fathers · faith · chanting · humility · confession · surrender · letting go · patience · scripture reading
- Islamic spiritualityihsan, Sufism, spiritual purification, self-purification, God-consciousness
- asceticismabstinence, celibacy, ascetic, austerities, chastity
- devotionalsmorning devotional, daily reflection, daily reading, daily bread, devotional book
- devotionsdaily devotions, daily devotion, devotional, devotionals, devotions
- spiritual practicesprayer, meditation, contemplative prayer, silent prayer, mindfulness
- Sufismtariqa, fana, sufi, Sufism, dervish
spiritual disciplineirreligion
Absence of faith
secularism · godlessness · faithlessness · apostasy · unbelief
spiritual disciplineworldliness
Secular, experienced outlook
materialism · carnality · secularism · sensuality · consumerism