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Why does Krishna teach Arjuna the three paths of discipline in action, knowledge, and devotion?
Arjuna is being given choice by Lord Krishna. Arjuna represents every individual who is striving to understand the meaning of life and Krishna is basically providing different routes to the same destination.
Bhakthi is the path of blind faith – the qualification required is very little (i.e., it does not require intellectual capabilities such as the path of knowledge). It can even be argued that intellectuals are incapable of Bhakti since they question everything and hence they cannot have “blind” and total faith. There are numerous examples of Bhakti in Hindu Religion such as Meera, the Gopis etc.
Karma is the path of action. This addresses the average householder who has to go to work, earn a living, take care of his family etc etc and so simply does not have time to separately allocate for prayer. Krishna says here that Work done with the proper attitude is Worship.
Then comes the most difficult option – the path of knowledge. Here, the seeker understands that he is really no different from the Lord himself. He is a part of the same creation and like a droplet of water goes back into an ocean and then is no different, so too every human being goes back into a macro cosmos.
In the final chapter of the Gita, Krishna also says, it does not matter which path you follow and it does not even matter whether you know you follow a path. If you are ready to completely surrender your ego (individuality) with me and have complete faith, you will still achieve realization.
Pranams to Bhagavatas
Can one surrender without knowing to whom he has to surrender, why he has to surrender and how he has to surrender .
is surrender another form of deep love. A thief surrenders . Deep Love for peace no more evils and in expectation that the police will treat him nicely and ready to accept whatever the police says.
So everything is Love. I agree, to Love God , you don’t need to be a scholar.
BhAkti Yoga is for ALL.
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