RT Article T1 THE BHAKTI TRADITION IN HINDUISM BHAKTI YOGA AN OVERVIEW JF Journal of Dharma VO 15 IS 3 SP 223 OP 233 A1 Pillai, A. S. Narayana LA English PB Dharmaram College YR 1990 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1837761558 AB Yoga is one of the six orthodox (Asthika) systems of philosophy (darsana) in the Indian tradition. Patanlall, the author of the philosophical text, "Yoga Siitra" details the philosophical approach to the problems of religious experience. The central point dealt with and emphasised in the last chapter (fourth) of his work is that the individual self (Atman. and not just the psychological Ego) attains "release" from the "bondage" and reaches Brahman. the Absolute Reality. This is the religious goal set in Sanatana dharma (Hinduism). K1 Bhagavata Religion and Vaishnavism K1 Evolution of the Concept of Bhakti in the Indian Tradition K1 Merits of Bhakti K1 The Four Yogas (Miirga)