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Karma Yoga, Sankhya Yoga, Bhakti Yogas - Chart Patterns? -
01-07-2003, 01:34 PM
In my very beginner level knowledge of the Gita, it seems to me that
there are several at least superficially different ways to approach
God. Of them, Karma Yoga seems to me to be the doing of compassionate
action without any regard for returns, Bhakti Yoga seems to be the
expression of devotion to God, and Sankhya Yoga seems almost to be
the discovery of God through analytical understanding (observation?)
of the universe.
I have several questions:
1) First, do you Gurus agree with the above assessment? I know that
at the deeper level the Gita also says that all paths are essentially
the same, so perhaps I am wrong in even recognizing these as somewhat
different.
2) Second, if they are in some way different (as they appear to be),
I remember that in this group I have heard that if your AK is the
same as your Istha Devata you are a Karma Yogi. Are there similar
simple patterns in a chart to recognize Bhakti Yoga and even more
interestingly, Sankhya Yoga in a chart? If so, what are they?
3) In my simple understanding of the above Yogas, it seems to me that
someone like Srila Prabhupada would be a Bhakti Yogi, someone like
Mother Teresa would be a Karma Yogi, and perhaps someone like Jiddu
Krishnamurti or the Buddha would be a Sankhya Yogi. Is this correct?
The chart details of all can be found in the birthdata bank in this
newsgroup. It would be nice if someone could show the above mentioned
patterns (if they exist) in some of the above charts.
Thank you very much in advance,
Sundeep
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