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INTRODUCTION
is predominent in the individual. One path does not exclude the other The path of action is suitable for a man of Karmic tendency. The path of love is adapted for a man of emotional temperament. The path of Raja Yoga is fitted for a man of mystic temperament. The path of Vedanta or Jnana Yoga is suitable for a man of will or reason. Each path blends into the other. Ultimately all these paths converge and become one. It is very difficult to say where Raja Yoga ends and Jnana Yoga begins. All aspirants of different paths meet on a common platform or junction in the long run.
A Karma Yogi does self-sacrifice to kill his little self. A Bhakta practises self-surrender to destroy his egoism. A Jnani practises self-denial. The methods are different but all want to destroy this little, selfarrogating 'I' which is the root cause of human suffering. When this is done, they meet at the same goal or point.
Sarvam karmaakhilam Partha gnane Parisampyate.
"All actions in their entirety, O Partha, culminate in wisdom." Gita: Chapter IV-33.
Similarly, the Bhakta gets Jnana Lord Krishna says in the Gita: "To these devotees, ever harmonious, worshipping in love, I give the Yoga of Discrimination by which they come unto Me" In chapter eighteen Lord Krishna says: "By devotion he knows Me in essence, who and what I am; having
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