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"
Bhakti has been a common form of religious activity in world religions throughout human history. It is found in Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism. Bhakti (called "bhatti" in Pali language) has been a common aspect of Buddhism, where offerings and group prayers are made to images such the images of the Buddha and the "Bodhisattvas", or to deities such as wrathful deities. Karel Werner notes that Bhakti has been a significant practice in Theravada Buddhism, and states, "there can be no doubt that deep devotion or "bhakti / bhatti" does exist in Buddhism and that it had its beginnings in the