In this part I will briefly discuss about first two yogas

-Bhakti yoga(Path of devotion):God has kept the emotion of love in human in order to reach him.When the love is purified and directed towards god,it leads to freedom and it is called path of devotion.So many great ones like kabir das,Annamayyacharya,meerabhai are blessed through the practice of bhakti yoga.When the love is shared to the world,we are ready to invite sufferings and miseries.By constantly thinking of him and reading about him leads to devotion of god

Karma yoga(Path of action):Not only thinking,action is also important.We cannot keep quiet even for a moment,we keep on thinking unnecessary things,it is better to learn how to acheive higher things in life.Ordrinary selfish work is bondage,breaking all the bondage us known as karma yoga

There are 2 ways to peeform our duties

-The world is a huge one,which we are playing different roles.God is the director of entire universe.We should never think about money,power,fame.We should only think about god.

-The second way is practical vedanta or vedantic approach.We should not be confined only to the temples and images.We must learn to feel the presence of divine in everyone

You have read matru devo bava,pitru devo bava-Look upon your mother and father as a god

But vivekananda said-Daridra devo bava,murkha devo bava-the poor,illetrate-Look upon them as a god
He who sees shiva in poor,in the weak and diseased really worships shiva

To be continued...


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