Learning theology is fun. It's not just about a particular religion but it's about the differences and exploration between the pages. During this journey I am stumbling upon various great topics and theories, which I am sharing here nowadays. Last week I dropped a blog about "Karma" and the references was from Bible, Quran, Gita and many other religions.
Karma Yoga
You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty. - Chapter 2, Verse 47
Karma Yoga known as "Yoga of Action", universally passed on law or teaching. It says to do our duties without expecting the result. It's like helping out a person without expecting his help or anything in return for personal gain. The best part about helping selflessly is that you don't expect in return and whatever good done by you directly acts as offering to the divine power.
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1. Selflessness: Performing our own duty without expecting anything in return.
2. Detachment: Not being connected or in expectation of the fruit.
3. Composure: Marinating our balance in all possible situations.
4. Giving Service: Helping out others in need.
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Getting deeper in this Karma Yoga we can see more 3 subtopics that are as follows:
1. Sanchita Karma:
This refers to the sum of collected karma from the past lives, doesn't matters if it's good or bad it's all collected. It's like a vast reservations of our actions and consequences that build up over time.
2. Prarabdha Karma:
This is the portion of Sanchita karma that is being experienced in the present life. It's the karma that determines the circumstances, conditions, and experiences of the current life.
3. Kriyamana Karma:
This is the karma that is being created in the ongoing life and it's action, choices and all the thoughts that we or an individual is associating with will eventually contribute to it's future.
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Sankhya Yoga
The next Yoga which I read about was "Sankhya Yoga" also known as the Yoga of Knowledge and Discrimination. I came across Sankhya Yoga in chapter 2 in this, the term "Sankhya" means "numerical" and it's a analytical approach between the soul and materialistic body i.e. Prakriti and Purusha.
Key aspects:
Sankhya Yoga provides the analytical wisdom between Prakriti and Purusha by analyzing the nature of matter, reality and our consciousness. It also teaches us about the detachment from the materialistic approach in the world by laying the foundation for the Karma Yoga.
Sankhya Yoga lays foundation for the seeker by providing them the knowledge about the detachment of the heart from the materialistic things and develop clarity about the self and the world.
Purushottama Yoga
The term Purushottama Yoga comes in chapter 15 of Bhagavad Gita carrying a spiritual message. The term Purushottama means "The Supreme person" or "The Supreme Entity". In this Yoga Lord Krishna explains that the supreme being is not one among the gods but an highest reality. The one who is beyond everything we can see and we can't see. He stands above everything.
Perishable and Unperishable. So, Krishna says, the Purushottama is higher than both the matter and soul. He is the source from which both come.
1. The foundation on which everything exists.
2. The creator of the foundation.
Summering in short, Purushottama Yoga shows us the path to knowing the highest truth – not just with the mind but through the heart, with all the existing devotion and surrendering to the highest.
- Penned by Yash Gadade
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