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jnana, yoga, bhakti,--tina sadhanera vase

brahma, atma, bhagavan--trividha prakase

SYNONYMS

jnana—knowledge; yoga—mystic power; bhakti—devotional service; tina—three; sadhanera—of the processes of spiritual life; vase—under the control; brahma—impersonal Brahman; atma—localized Paramatma; bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tri-vidha prakase—three kinds of manifestation "There are three kinds of spiritual processes for understanding the Absolute Truth-the processes of speculative knowledge, mystic yoga and bhakti-yoga.

According to these three processes, the Absolute Truth is manifested as Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan.