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INTRODUCTION
knowingly or unknowingly, all are attempting for this freedom. Nations are fighting in the battlefield for freedom. A robber robs for getting freedom from want, but his movement may be crooked and circuitous. Every movement of your foot is towards God and freedom.
You may reach the same goal by different paths. Just as you can reach Mt. Kailas by different paths such as via Badri Narayan or Almora or Gangotri or Ladhak, so also you can reach the goal of life by different paths, viz , the path of works (Karma Yoga), love (Bhakti Yoga), psychic control (Raja Yoga) or self-analysis and knowledge (Jnana Yoga). Just as you can reach Calcutta by train, car, steamer or aeroplane, so also you can reach the goal of life or your spiritual destination by any one of these four paths. Lord Krishna says in the Gita: Ye yatha maam prapadyante taamstathaiva bhaja
myaham Mama vartmaanuvartante manushyaah Partha sar
vasah "However men approach Me, even so do I welcome them, for the path men take from every side, is Mine, O Partha " Chapter IV-11.
The four divisions are not hard and fast There are no marked demarcation lines among the four paths They are not cut and dried. These paths are made in accordance with the temperament or tendency that
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