# The different types of yoga *Yoga means "linking" with the Supreme. The Bhagavad-gītā describes several systems—karma-yoga (work), jñāna-yoga (knowledge), dhyāna-yoga (meditation), and aṣṭāṅga-yoga (eightfold path)—but ultimately declares bhakti-yoga, devotional service, to be the highest.* ## Krishna Explains the Yoga System ![[bg/6/2]] ![[bg/6/3]] ## Karma-yoga — Working Without Attachment ![[bg/3/7]] ![[bg/5/2]] ## Jnana-yoga — Cultivation of Knowledge ![[bg/4/33]] ![[bg/4/38]] ## Dhyana-yoga — The Path of Meditation ![[bg/6/11-12]] ![[bg/6/13-14]] ## Ashtanga-yoga — The Eightfold Path ![[bg/6/20-23]] ## Bhakti-yoga Is the Highest Yoga ![[bg/6/47]] ![[bg/12/2]] ## All Yogas Culminate in Bhakti ![[bg/18/55]] ![[sb/3/25/15]] ## From the Index - [[index/entries/yoga|Yoga]] — Linking with the Supreme - [[index/entries/bhakti-yoga|Bhakti-yoga]] — Devotional service - [[index/entries/karma-yoga|Karma-yoga]] — Work in devotion - [[index/entries/jnana-yoga|Jñāna-yoga]] — Path of knowledge