jñÄna, yoga, bhakti, — tina sÄdhanera vaÅ›e
brahma, ÄtmÄ, bhagavÄn — trividha prakÄÅ›e

 jñÄna - knowledge; yoga - mystic power; bhakti - devotional service; tina - three; sÄdhanera - of the processes of spiritual life; vaÅ›e - under the control; brahma - impersonal Brahman; ÄtmÄ - localized ParamÄtmÄ; bhagavÄn - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tri-vidha prakÄÅ›e - three kinds of manifestation.


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“There are three kinds of spiritual processes for understanding the Absolute Truth — the processes of speculative knowledge, mystic yoga and bhakti-yoga. According to these three processes, the Absolute Truth is manifested as Brahman, ParamÄtmÄ or BhagavÄn.

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