The document discusses different types and grades of yoga according to Bhagavad Gita and other scriptures. It describes four main types of yoga - Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Astanga Yoga, and Bhakti Yoga. Bhakti Yoga, which involves selfless devotion and service to God, is considered the highest and most practical form of yoga. Within Bhakti Yoga there are different processes and methods to attain pure love and devotion to God either through a gradual path of other yogas or more directly through practices like chanting and remembering God.
2. In B.G. 6.46. Krishna says, Tapasvi bhyo ‘dhiko yogi Jnanibhyo ‘pi mata dhika Karmabhyas ca ‘dhiko yogi Tasmad yogi bhavarjuna Person of Austere practices Philosophical speculator A fruitive worker Next Verse: “ And of all yogis, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all. “
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5. Bhagavad Gita 15:15 sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto mattah smrtir jnanam apohanam ca … “ I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness… ” Bhagavad Gita 7:24-25 “ Unintelligent men, who know Me not, think that I have assumed this form and personality. Due to their small knowledge, they do not know My higher nature, which is changeless and supreme. “ “ I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My eternal creative potency [yoga-maya] ; and so the deluded world knows Me not, who am unborn and infallible.”
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7. Saguna Brahman Nirguna Brahman Eternal Realms Limit of Grand Dissolutions Risk of getting lost in the various hypostatic planes of Reality Physical Subtle Causal Shunya (Void) Maha-shunya Brahmajyoti . . Kshar-akshar-para
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10. Different Types of Human Beings Human Beings Law Abiders Law Breakers Karmis Jnanis Dhyanis Bhaktas Sakama Niskama
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24. BG 12:8-11 “ Just fix your mind upon Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and engage all your intelligence in Me. Thus you will live in Me always, without a doubt. “ My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth, if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation, then follow the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga. In this way you will develop a desire to attain to Me. “ If you cannot practice the regulations of bhakti-yoga, then just try to work for Me, because by working for Me you will come to the perfect stage. “ If, however, you are unable to work in this consciousness, then try to act giving up all results of your work and try to be self-situated. “ If you cannot take to this practice, then engage yourself in the cultivation of knowledge…
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27. Not by the weak, not by the unearnest, Not by those who practice wrong disciplines Can the Self be realized. The Self reveals Himself as the Lord of Love to the one Who practices right disciplines. -Mundaka Upanishad Brahman cannot be realized by those Who are subject to greed, fear, and anger. Brahman cannot be realized by those Who are subject to the pride of name and fame Or to the vanity of scholarship. Brahman cannot be realized by those Who are enmeshed in life's duality. But to all those who pierce this duality, Whose hearts are given to the Lord of Love , He gives himself through his infinite grace, He gives himself through his infinite grace. -Tejabindu Upanishad
