These are the two different type of yoga, but cannot be separated as they are the two rails of a single track to reach the intended spiritual goal.
BHAKTI YOGA: Bhakti Yoga is the approach of pure intense love, devotion to God, and attachment to Him alone. The devotee has God as the center of his existence. He perceives everything as God and God in everything. It is a path of complete surrender. He hands over the reins of his life to God and never questions the ride.
KARMA YOGA: This yoga is the key for making the worldly path a divine path. It is the path of selfless service. Selfless service is at the core of our Higher Self and is the source of true peace and happiness. The most important point in this kind of yoga is to have a pure motive. He is always aware of himself being only a channel through whom God is doing his work and, in return, blessing and purifying him.
The yoga of devotion
4 paths. Karma yoga,Bhakti yoga,Jnana Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga.
Jnana (Knowledge), Bhakti (Devotion), Karma (Action), and Yoga (Meditation).
The Hindu sacred texts list nine forms of bhakti yoga
Asaram Bapu is a Hindu spiritual leader that is still alive today, at age 72. He teaches that One Supreme Conscious exists. Bhakti yoga, karma yoga, and Gnana yoga are all cited as influences.
Yoga is only one. It is differentiated according to various paths or practices like Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Laya Yoga, Raja Yoga, Sanyasa Yoga, Vihangama Yoga, Pipilika Yoga, Meena Yoga, Samadhi Yoga, Kriya Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Japa Yoga, Mantra Yoga, Dhyana Yoga, Tantra Yoga, Yantra Yoga, Sahaja Yoga, Sankhya Yoga, etc.
Karma Yoga - book - was created in 1896.
According to Hinduism, two of the paths to god are karma-yoga and jnana-yoga. The first is the yoga of selfless action and the second refers to philosophical research and wisdom. The third is Astanga/Raja-yoga which is connected to physical exercise and meditation. The fourth is Bhakti-yoga which is the path of devotional service.
The practice of Karma Yoga is considered to be following the path of ritual action. Each person is considered to have a different Dharma, or law of the universe, that applies to them. Much of this is determined based on conditions you were born into, or the results from Karma accumulated from past lives. Karma yoga would be accepting the role you were born into and trying to do that role as best as you can.Many that follow this path also follow the path of devotion, or Bhakti Yoga, in which they try to adhere to the wishes of a particular divine being or god.There is often a mixture of paths when it comes to Hindu religious practice.
1.) God is one - he says that all demigods are his forms but covered up by his delusional energy - Maya. 2.) Karma yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Jnana Yoga are all different ways to reach God. Therefore - different paths lead to the same God. 3.) Karma and reincarnation are true.
Bhakti yoga is thought by some to be the oldest form of yoga, with its roots in the Vedas, or ancient scriptures of India. Some of the hymns in the Vedas are thought to be four thousand years old.
A number of research studies have shown that such spiritual and devotional practices as those associated with bhakti yoga have positive effects on physical as well as emotional health.
Chapter 1 : Visada Yoga Chapter 2 : Sankhya Yoga Chapter 3 : Karma Yoga Chapter 4 : Jnana Yoga Chapter 5 : Karma Vairagya Yoga Chapter 6 : Abhyasa Yoga Chapter 7 : Paramahamsa Vijnana Yoga Chapter 8 : Aksara-Parabrahman Yoga Chapter 9 : Raja-Vidya-Guhya Yoga Chapter 10 : Vibhuti-Vistara-Yoga Chapter 11 : Visvarupa-Darsana Yoga Chapter 12 : Bhakti Yoga Chapter 13 : Ksetra-Ksetrajna Vibhaga Yoga Chapter 14 : Gunatraya-Vibhaga Yoga Chapter 15 : Purusottama Yoga Chapter 16 : Daivasura-Sampad-Vibhaga Yoga Chapter 17 : Sraddhatraya-Vibhaga Yoga Chapter 18 : Moksa-Opadesa Yoga