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Spiritual practice
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<p>A spiritual practice or spiritual discipline (often including spiritual exercises) is the regular or full-time performance of actions and activities undertaken for the purpose of inducing <a href="/facts/Religious_experience/QY5LYzon">spiritual experiences</a> and cultivating <a href="/facts/Spirituality/o2neYDkN">spiritual development</a>. A common metaphor used in the spiritual traditions of the world's great religions is that of walking a path. Therefore, a spiritual practice moves a person along a path towards a goal. The goal is variously referred to as <a href="/facts/Salvation/vL69KuJB">salvation</a>, <a href="/facts/Moksha/b3uuA7jI">liberation</a> or union (with God). A person who walks such a path is sometimes referred to as a wayfarer or a <a href="/facts/Pilgrim/FaLWfgSc">pilgrim</a>. </p>