Yoga Yajnavalkya karma, and asks Yajnavalkya to explain yoga to her. Yajnavalkya agrees, but first attributes his knowledge to the Hindu god Brahma who taught him this "jnana" (knowledge) and "karma" (works). Yajnavalkya states that there are two paths to attain knowledge. One path is "Pravritti-karma", wherein a person is driven by desire and a craving for rewards, forms his will, and then uses his knowledge to act out his free will. The second path is "Nivritti-karma", wherein a person is not driven by desire and does not crave for rewards, but he uses his knowledge in his works in a detached
Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV) is a Pontifical institute for philosophy and religion located at Pune, India. Established in 1893, it caters primarily to the formation of future Catholic priests in India JDV is the degree granting "athenaeum" of the Papal Seminary which was founded in 1893 at Kandy, Sri Lanka, which was considered a part of occupied India, to look after the formation of Catholic priests for the whole of India. After Indian Independence, it became difficult for Indians to go to Sri Lanka for studies. In 1955, Papal Seminary along with its Athenaeum moved to Pune. The Athenaeum