Which one, Gnana Yoga or Bhakti Yoga or Karma Yoga is the best for self realization?

The Gnana Yoga

This is the path of knowledge. Where a person accumulates knowledge in his head and consistently keeps on churning it out until he destroys the wrong knowledge, the avidya. The path of Gnana Yoga is to destroy the barriers which mind has created, and to set a man free from the mind’s grip.

The Bhakti Yoga

This is the path of emotions, where a person accumulates emotions in his heart and consistently keeps on churning them until his heart creates enough energy to help him meeting his beloved.

The Karma Yoga

This is the path of action, not the ordinary actions but the Dharma-driven actions … as the Dharma-driven actions set a man free from the worldly bondage.

Now which one is the best

Is it Bhakti Yoga? But without the touch of Gnana Yoga, it may lead a man into blind beliefs and false assumptions. And without Karma Yoga, a man may turn lethargic and may turn off to the family’s responsibilities.

Is it Gnana Yoga? Without Karma Yoga, it may have the similar impact as above. And without Bhakti Yoga it may not having necessary emotions and may turn “dry.”

Is it Karma Yoga? The karma, the actions, without Gnana may produce wrong actions ad may produce suffering to oneself and to others. And like Gnana Yoga, without Bhakti Yoga, it would become “dry.”

The Balance is the best

A man needs nose, eyes and ears and use them when he needs to smell, when to see, and when to listen, etc. The same way, Gnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Karma Yoga – all help in life, they all are necessary, but a balance is needed when to use what.

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