Hindhuism
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Introduction: In this essay I will investigate the paths that a spiritual athlete has to follow to "win a gold medal" and what are exactly the four paths of Hinduism. So my question is: What are the paths that an athlete can follow to concretize his aim?
The four paths of Hinduism are Blakh, karma, Jhana, and Yoga.
Blakh is a devotion to a personal God; it is the path of the Baghavad Gita. Karma is action; this means that every action of this life affects the next one. The third path is Jhana, it is the Knowledge and the understanding and finally the fourth path is Yoga, which represents self-control and meditation.
Like everything in life, these four paths have advantages and disadvantages. I am now going to introduce the advantages of these paths. In the path of Blakh, the advantages are that we are very close to god and therefore we have something to hold onto, and that it gives each part a focus in life. For the path pf karma, the positive aspects are that we can explain the pain and the suffering and that you can find a cause to everything that happens to you...