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17 questions linked to/from What are steps for following karma yoga (in all aspects of life)?
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What is Dharma according to the Bhagavad Gita?
What is Dharma according to the Bhagavad Gita? Are hymns and worship of God compulsory in the Bhagavad Gita ?
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What is the core message of the Bhagavad-gītā? What are some verses from Bhagavad-gītā that one can refer to, to enrich life in general?
What is (or what are) the core message(s) of the Bhagavad-gītā?
What are some verses from Bhagavad-gītā, that one can refer to, to enrich life in general?
This question is inspired by Core messages ...
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Why didn't Bhishma, Drona and Karna attain moksha? Why didn't they live with liberation as life's goal?
Great knowledgeable persons like Bhishma, Drona, Karna and others from Satya, Treta and Dwapara yugas didn't attain moksha; they went only to heaven.
Since vedic knowledge and righteousness was ...
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Procedure to make God(s) our Guru
How one can make any God as one's guru? What is the procedure? Provided one is unable to find/get a Guru due to many reasons. E.g, I am interested in Kashmiri Shaivism but it is very difficult to find ...
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Is there a solution to stop suffering?
Does Hinduism provide a solution to stop suffering due to past life karmas? As suicide is not an option according to Garuda Purana, is there another way? What does a man to do according to scriptures ...
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What is the most authentic form of yoga?
There are so many different practices that people call yoga. What is the most authentic in terms of being supported by Hindu scriptures?
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What is Raja-yoga? Is it related to Jnana-Yoga?
There are three known classical yoga viz. Karma, Bhakti and Jnana. I recently found Raja-Yoga in this answer. So,
What is Raja-Yoga? and
Is there any relation between Raja-yoga and Jnana-Yoga?
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What is Kriya Yoga?
What is Kriya Yoga?
What is main purpose of Kriya Yoga?
How is Kriya Yoga different from other yoga like Karma Yoga, Gyana Yoga, Raja Yoga and Bhakti Yoga?
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What are the steps for following Bhakti Yoga?
We can find the steps for following Jnana Yoga from this answer,
similarly, what are the steps to be followed for Bhakti Yoga? How can someone choose which tradition of Bhakhi is suitable for
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What is the importance of 1st chapter in Bhagavad Gita?
I always wondered, why Gita contains 1st chapter, which doesn't have much of sermons unlike other chapters!
Or for that matter why Gita doesn't start with Krishna commencing on divine teachings?
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What scriptures say that Prana Pratishtha is removed by a Chandala's touch?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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What is the reason behind Gita favoring the SAtvika way over others?
Usually people who have read Gita, would say that NishKAma Karma is the way of "Karma yoga".
Numerous verses suggest that, NishkAma Karma is SAtvika way of life. SakAma karma is RAjasika way & ...
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What are steps for following gyan yoga or gyan marga?
Is there any difference between gyan yoga and gyan marga?
please tell the steps for gyan marga.
whether remembering sanskrit shloka and references itself is also part of this, or reading scriptures ...
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What is Yoga according to Bhagavad Gita?
What is the meaning of Yoga according to Gita? Is there different types of Yoga? Significance of the word "Yoga" used many times in Bhagavat Gita?
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What is the meaning of "renunciation of fruit/result of actions"?
BG in 12.12 says
śreyo hi jñānam abhyāsāj jñānād dhyānaḿ viśiṣyate dhyānāt
karma-phala-tyāgas tyāgāc chāntir anantaram
“...better than meditation is renunciation of the fruits of action.....