there are two yogs only , so are you in gyan yog or karam yog.how do you say that you are in gyan or karam yog

Answer 1

The Bhagavad Gita ('Song of the Lord'), thought to have been written some time between 400 and 100 BCE, talks of four branches of yoga:

Karma yoga: The yoga of action in the world
Jnana yoga: The yoga of Wisdom and intellectual endeavor
Bhakti yoga: The yoga of devotion to God
Raja yoga: The yoga of meditation


Karma yoga (Sanskrit: कर्म योग), (also known as Buddhi Yoga) or the "discipline of action" is based on the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred Sanskrit scripture of Hinduism. One of the four pillars of yoga, Karma yoga focuses on the adherence to duty (dharma) while remaining detached from the reward. It states that one can attain Moksha (salvation) or love of God (bhakti) by performing their duties in an unselfish manner for the pleasure of the Supreme. Karma Yoga is an intrinsic part of many derivative types of yoga, such as Natya Yoga.


Jnana yoga is one of the four basic paths in yoga (jnana, bhakti, raja and karma.), according to Yoga and Vedanta philosophies.

Jnana in Sanskrit means "knowledge" and is often interpreted to mean "knowledge of the true self". In the Vedanta school of the Hindu religion, to know one's own Self as Brahman is jnana. To say, based on experience, "I am Brahman, pure consciousness, the non-enjoyer, non-doer and silent witness," is jnana.

In the Bhagavad Gita (13.3) Sri Krishna says that jnana consists of properly understanding kshetra (the field of activity--that is, the body) and kshetra-jna (the knower of the body--that is, the soul). Later in the Gita (13.35) Krishna emphasizes that a transcendentalist must understand the difference between these two.

Jnana yoga teaches that there are four means to salvation:[citation needed]

Viveka - Discrimination: The ability to differentiate between what is real/eternal (Brahman) and what is unreal/temporal (everything else in the universe.)
Vairagya - Dispassion: After practice one should be able to "detach" her/himself from everything that is "temporary."
Shad-sampat - The 6 Virtues: Tranquility (control of the mind), Dama (control of the senses), Uparati (renunciation of activities that are not duties), Titiksha (endurance), Shraddha (faith), Samadhana (perfect concentration).
Mumukshutva - Intense longing for liberation from temporal limitations.
One philosophical view of jnana yoga emphasizes nondualism, in which the individual soul atman is taken to be entirely identical with brahman, or the transcendent, all-pervasive ultimate reality. This view is expressed in the Hindu philosophical school of Advaita Vedanta. According to this point of view, the desire for liberation mentioned above might be described as "wanting to be one with the universe."

Bhakti yoga is a term within Hinduism which denotes the spiritual practice of fostering of loving devotion to God, called bhakti. Traditionally there are nine forms of bhakti-yoga. Bhakti yoga is generally considered the easiest of the four general paths to liberation, or moksha (the others being Karma, Raja and Jnana Yoga), and especially so within the current age of Kali yuga (according to the Hindu cycle of time). In scriptures such as the Bhagavata Purana, bhakti is described as a perfectional stage in itself which surpasses even moksha as a level of spiritual realisation. Hindu movements in which bhakti yoga is the main practice are called bhakti movements.

Raja Yoga (lit. Royal Yoga) is the system of yoga outlined by Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras. It is also sometimes referred to as Ashtanga (eight-limbed) yoga because there are eight aspects to the path to which one must attend. Raja yoga is concerned principally with the cultivation of the mind using meditation to further one's acquaintance with reality and finally achieve liberation.

Answer 2

Karma yog is always better initially. Later on along with karma yog, you can pursue gyan and in the final stages, you will be guided by gyan only.

Answer 3

As sagaruki said above.. there are different yogas viz Bhakti, Gyan, Karam, Raj yoga... the fifth way is Tantra

Also these yogas are not different, although they begin as a totally different thing

A gyani becomes Bhakta at the height of his gyan

A Bhakta becomes Gyani, after height of his bliss

And Both automatically become Karma yogi, after they know the Truth

If there is a gyani without Bhakti or a bhakta without gyan, or a karma yogi without bhakti/gyan....know that they are still far below the spiritual progress

Answer 4

LORD KRISHNA Says in Bhagwat Gita that the karma yoga and gyana yoga co exist. If one follows Karma Yoga he will get the benefits of gyana yoga too and vice versa. So in a way both are the same. I am neither in Gyana yoga nor in Karma yoga because Karma Yoga means surrendering yourself totally to God and doing karmas without desiring its fruits. You devote all your Karmas to God. In Gyana yoga there is no I, ME OR MYSELF; there is no maya,there is only the truth- the Brahman(the absolute, all pervading spirit). Bhakti yoga is also not different from the Karma yoga or Gyana yoga. All mean complete surrender to God. And with one you get the benefits of the rest.

Answer 5

common objective of all yogas is to guide a person to achive good health. 'Health' here is used in more holistic sense. it covers physical health, mental health , spiritual health etc.. The different yogas stress upon one of these and derive their nomenclature accordingly. Finally all lead in the same direction of overall health and blissful end called Nirvana.

Answer 6

In scriptures such as the Bhagavata Purana, bhakti is described as a perfectional stage in itself which surpasses even moksha as a level of spiritual realisation.
This comment by Sagarukin is elaborated below.

The Bhagavata Purana mentioned above is one among the eighteen major puranas and eighteen secondary Puranas. The eighteen major Puranas are the Brahma, Padma, Vishnu, Siva, Linga, Garuda, Narada, Bhagavata, Agni, Skanda, Bhavisya, Brahma-vaivarta, Markandeya, Vamana, Varaha, Matsya, Kurma and Brahmanda Puranas.

There are men in the modes of goodness, passion, and ignorance, and to reclaim all these conditioned souls, there are eighteen Puranas. Six Puranas are meant for those in the mode of goodness, six for those in the mode of passion, and six for those in the mode of ignorance. The Padma Purana is written for those in the mode of goodness. Because there are many different types of men, there are many different Vedic rituals. From the book, "Path of Perfection", chapter three entitled "Learning how to see God", by by A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)

For people in the lower modes of ignorance or darkness less advanced means of elevation to spiritual consciousness is given and for people in the next higher mode of passion, Brahma purana, Brahma-vaivarta purana, Brahmanda purana etc... are given and for those in the mode of goodness, Bhagavata Purana Padma Purana, Vishnu Purana etc.... are given.

Bhagavata Purana or Srimad Bhagavatam is also called as Maha Purana which is the topmost of all puranas. Therefore, the topmost of all the puranas gives the topmost, which is bhakti, above even mukti.

Excerpt from the purport to Bhagavad gita 6.47 by Prabhupada.
The culmination of all kinds of yoga practices lies in bhakti yoga. All other yogas are but means to come to the point of bhakti in bhakti-yoga. Yoga actually means bhakti-yoga; all other yogas are progressions toward the destination of bhakti-yoga. From the beginning of karma-yoga to the end of bhakti-yoga is a long way to self-realization. Karma-yoga, without fruitive results, is the beginning of this path. When karma-yoga increases in knowledge and renunciation, the stage is called jnana-yoga. When jnana-yoga increases in meditation on the Supersoul by different physical processes, and the mind is on Him, it is called astanga-yoga. And when one surpasses the astanga-yoga and comes to the point of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna, it is called bhakti yoga, the culmination. Factually, bhakti-yoga is the ultimate goal, but to analyze bhakti-yoga minutely one has to understand these other yogas. The yogi who is progressive is therefore on the true path of eternal good fortune. One who sticks to a particular point and does not make further progress is called by that particular name: karma-yogi, jnana-yogi or dhyana-yogi, raja-yogi, hatha-yogi, etc. If one is fortunate enough to come to the point of bhakti-yoga, it is to be understood that he has surpassed all other yogas. Therefore, to become Krishna conscious is the highest stage of yoga, just as, when we speak of Himalayan, we refer to the world's highest mountains, of which the highest peak, Mount Everest, is considered to be the culmination.

Answer 7

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