Krsna In Bhagavad Gita

Bhakti comes from the Bhagavad Gita and is one of the three paths described within the scripture. The Bhagavad Gita comes from the Hindu epic Mahabharata and it is the council of Arjuna from Krsna. Krsna helps Arjuna with an internal conflict on whether to fight or not. Krsna teaches Arjuna three paths to end his internal conflict. Thus, the Bhagavad Gita show’s these three paths and has become a foundation in Hindu scripture.
Krsna teaches or shows Arjuna three paths to self-realization. Among bhakti the other two paths described in the Bhagavad Gita are jnana and karma, these are three the paths to self-realization and liberation. Bhakti is described as the path of loving devotion. The Bhagavad Gita describes bhakti as a path of moksa, through worship and loving devotion to the supreme gods. Mainly the love and devotion of Krsna. Krsna tries to explain this to Arjuna that Krsna is the ideal for the object of devotion. …show more content…
Normally one’s spiritual progress can only be realized through their performance of their social order and rituals. To speak or be close to the god was usually only for the upper priestly classes but bhakti yoga, regardless of one’s social position can further one’s spiritual progress and attain the highest goals through bhakti yoga. This in a sense lets anyone reach the same spiritual levels as the priestly classes. In the Vedic tradition priests were the ones who would normally practice or oversee sacrifices and rituals. Yet the bhakti yoga let devotees break from this and worship and practice these rituals directly to the god with no priest needed. Bhakti yoga discarded the priestly class as they were not needed as an intermediary anymore. This also discarded the sacrifices and rituals performed by the priestly class. It emphasized the purity of one’s self and not that of the purity emphasized by the