#044, Shift from Raja Yoga to Bhakti Yoga
There are three paths primarily discussed in Hinduism: 1. Karma Yoga: This has three branches. First branch: Karma Yoga in the meaning of doing duty, dispassionately. Great men like Mahatma Gandhi, Lokmanya Tilak followed this path. There are no verses to prove that Hindu scriptures preached this path of duty in its purest sense. Gandhiji and Bala Gangadhara Tilak derived this sense, as they were great men working in the direction of Indian freedom. Second branch: Karma Yoga in the meaning of doing duty as stipulated by a person's caste. This is preached by Bhagavad Gita and most Hindu scriptures. Arjuna was made to practise it by Krishna. Ramayana, Mahabharata (& Gita), Maha Bhagavata insist on people doing their duty stipulated by their caste. Third branch: Performing sacrifices (yagnas), charity (Dana), penance (tapas). If these actions are performed people will get access to heaven. After exhausting the fruits of their good deeds (they have to return back to earth:...