Jnana yoga considers jnana yoga as the path to nondual self-knowledge and moksha. Vaishnavism, in contrast, considers it a condition of devotion. The Shaktism literature on goddess such as "Kularnava Tantra" highlight "jnana marga" as important to liberation. It differentiates between two kings of "jnana": one it calls knowledge that comes from Agama texts, and another it calls "viveka" (insight). The Shaktism literature then adds that both lead to the knowledge of Brahman, but the first one is in the form of sound ("shabdabrahman"), while the insight from within is the ultimate truth ("parabrahman"). Some Shakta texts, such as the "Sita Upanishad",
Hinduism karma, cows and caste"; and Bhakti or devotional Hinduism, where intense emotions are elaborately incorporated in the pursuit of the spiritual. Michaels distinguishes three Hindu religions and four forms of Hindu religiosity. The three Hindu religions are "Brahmanic-Sanskritic Hinduism", "folk religions and tribal religions", and "founded religions. The four forms of Hindu religiosity are the classical "karma-marga", jnana-marga, bhakti-marga, and "heroism", which is rooted in militaristic traditions, such as Ramaism and parts of political Hinduism. This is also called virya-marga. According to Michaels, one out of nine Hindu belongs by birth to one or both of the Brahmanic-Sanskritic Hinduism and