5.1 Concepts of Yog

• Meaning of Yog beyond asana
• Karma Yog: the path of action
• Bhakti Yog: the path of devotion
• Jnana Yog: the path of knowledge
• Distinguishing the three concepts
• Circumstances of Yog in daily Kenyan life
• Yog for life skills and spiritual nourishment

• explore the three selected concepts of Yog for personal development
• distinguish the three selected Yog concepts for better understanding
• illustrate circumstances under which Yog is applicable in daily life
• acknowledge the role of Yog for spiritual growth

“How is Yog beneficial in developing life skills?”

“Why is Yog significant in spiritual nourishment?”

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1. What Yog is in this sub-strand
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   Yog as union and a disciplined path, not only asana, introducing the three selected concepts: karma, bhakti and jnana.
2. Exploring the three concepts
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   A first map of karma as action, bhakti as devotion and jnana as knowledge, with one Kenyan picture each.
3. Distinguishing karma, bhakti and jnana
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   Telling the three apart as hand, heart and eye, and seeing that a balanced life needs all three.
4. Karma Yog: the path of action
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   Karma Yog as honest duty done without clinging to praise or results, cousin to purusharth and kirat, not a cruel hustle.
5. Karma Yog in received scripture
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   Gita 2.47: right to action, not to fruits; Gita 3.3 on karma-yoga as a path; no invented verses.
6. Karma Yog in daily circumstances
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   Illustrating where Karma Yog applies: desk, home, shop, seva, crash care, and a small charitable act without a camera.
7. Bhakti Yog: the path of devotion
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   Bhakti as love and offering, not a bargain and not only a loud song, meeting kirtan, Navkar, vandana and simran as cousins.
8. Bhakti Yog in received scripture
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   Gita 9.26: a leaf, flower, fruit or water given with devotion; Sukhmani simran recalled; no invented verses.
9. Bhakti Yog in daily circumstances
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   Illustrating devotion at home, mandir, gurdwara, derasar or vihara, and in gratitude that is not a show.
10. Jnana Yog: the path of knowledge
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    Jnana as freeing knowledge, not cram or pride of learning; cousin to samyak jnana, gian and right view.
11. Jnana Yog in received scripture
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    Gita 4.38: nothing so purifying as knowledge; 3.3 recalled; Jain samyak jnana and Sikh gian as cousins.
12. Jnana Yog in daily circumstances
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    Illustrating seeing truly in rumours, stereotypes, exams and self-talk, including a pause that is cousin to vipassana.
13. Circumstances where all three apply
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    Illustrating a Kenyan day in which karma, bhakti and jnana can all be present: charity, worship, quarrel, desk.
14. Yog and life skills
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    Answering how Yog develops life skills: responsibility, empathy, critical seeing, teamwork, self-control.
15. Yog as spiritual nourishment
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    Why Yog nourishes the spirit: union, a home for the heart, a dharma for the hand, a truth for the eye - more than a skill list.
16. Living the three concepts this week
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    A witnessed week plan of karma, bhakti and jnana, a charitable act, and tabulating the three concepts as the design asks.