Bhagavad Gita that people are born with different temperaments and tendencies ("guna"). According to Winthrop Sargeant, the text acknowledges that some individuals are more reflective and intellectual, some affective and engaged by their emotions, some are action driven, yet others favor experimenting and exploring what works. It then presents different spiritual paths for each personality type respectively: the path of knowledge ("jnana yoga"), the path of devotion ("bhakti yoga"), the path of action ("karma yoga"), and the path of meditation ("raja yoga"). The "guna" premise is a synthesis of the ideas from the Samkhya school of Hinduism. According to Upadhyaya, the "Gita"
Bhagavad Gita that "when one sees the entire universe as pervaded by the single Universal Spirit [Krishna], one contemplates, marvels, and falls in love with its amazing glory. [...] Having experienced that Truth oneself, all doubts are dispelled. This is how the flower of devotion evolves into the fruit of knowledge." The "Gita" teaches several spiritual paths – jnana, bhakti and karma – to the divine. However, states Fowler, it "does not raise any of these to a status that excludes the others". The theme that unites these paths in the "Gita" is "inner renunciation" where one is unattached to personal rewards