Bhakti yoga with the Divine (the universal Being) and all creatures, a constant delight". Bhakti yoga is one of three "yoga" taught in "Bhagavad Gita". "Bhakti yoga" is, according to Peter Bishop, a devotee's loving devotion to a personal god as the path for spirituality. The other two paths are "jnana yoga", the path of wisdom where the individual pursues knowledge and introspective self-understanding as spiritual practice, while "karma yoga" is path of virtuous action (karma) neither expecting a reward nor consequences for doing the right thing, or "nishkama karma". Later, new movements within Hinduism added raja yoga as the fourth spiritual
Brihad Bhagavatamrita khaëòa – Ascertaining the Glories of Çré Goloka. In the first part of "Brihad-bhagavatamrita" Sanatana Goswami has described a conversation between Parikshit and his mother, Uttara. It took place after Parikshit heard the "Bhagavata Purana" from Śuka. Uttara asked her son to explain the essence of "Bhagavata Purana", and Parikshit revealed to her the stages of confidential Bhakti. He told her a story about how Narada was looking for greatest devotee of Krishna. The Great Rishi began his search with devotees of Krishna whose Bhakti was mixed with karma and jnana (Brahma and Shiva), then went up to Shanta-rasa (Prahlada),