The Triple Path of Yogic Sadhana

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In the synthesis of yoga.
SRI, aurobindo provides, an

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overview of the psychological
methods of yogic practice in the

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path of jnana, yoga, The Yoga of
knowledge bhakti, yoga, The Yoga

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of love, and devotion and Karma
Yoga, The Yoga of Works.

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He also provides extensive
commentary to the teachings on

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these methods as expounded in
the bhagavad-gita, in his essays

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on the Gita.
Each of these paths seizes on a

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mainspring of human activity,
whether it is the mind, the

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heart, where the life force and
directs, and guides the Seeker

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toward the realization based on
his own natural predilections,

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and situation.
There instances of course, where

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the ego personality becomes
arrogant and the advantage of

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his own particular path, or
method, and looks down upon

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those who follow other.
Our paths.

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However this arrogance is a
deformation caused.

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By the ego.
Realization can come through any

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of these methods if followed
with sincerity and constancy.

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It must also be noted that each
individual may find benefit from

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any one of the paths at various
times in his life, as he

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addresses, the difficulties
posed by his nature.

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Each path has not only its
advantages, but its own

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limitations or weaknesses when
mixed with the All Too Human

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ego.
The Path of Knowledge can lead

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to a brittle and narrow form of
understanding and limits on the

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ability to To actually take on
the challenges of life and the

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need to change human nature.
The path of devotion can detour

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into religiosity or frivolity.
The path of Works can place

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outer accomplishment ahead of
inner development in their

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truest forms.
However they each lead to the

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desired goal and one can find at
the end and integration that

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incorporates the fruits of each
path within the results of the

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chosen method.
SRI aurobindo right, quote, the

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growth out of the ordinary mind
into the spiritual,

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consciousness can be affected
either by meditation, dedicated

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work or buck tea for the divine.
The object of the sadhna is

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opening of the Consciousness to
the Divine and the change of the

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nature meditation or
contemplation is one means to

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this, but only one means.
But T is another work is another

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work octi and meditation are the
three supports of yoga.

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One can do with all three or two
or one.

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There are people who can't
meditate in the set way.

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That one calls meditation.
But they progress through work

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or through bhakti or through the
two together by work and bhakti.

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One can develop a Consciousness
in which eventually a natural

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meditation and realization
becomes possible and quote

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reference SRI aurobindo and the
mother growing within the

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psychology of inner development.
Chapter 5 growth of

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Consciousness means and methods
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