While these are Hindu keywords, there will ofcourse be corresponding ones in other religions. From all my years in spirituality, this is what I reduce all the complexities into. These keywords are Sharanam, JnanaYoga , Bhakthi Yoga, Karma Yoga, Prapatti, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi.
Sharanam means taking refuge. Jnana Yoga is realization of oneness, Bhakthi Yoga is true love, Karma Yoga is service to society, Prapatti is exchanging self-love for egoism, Dharana is repeated focus, Dhyana is patient meditation and Samadhi is being in self-nature.
The above is a loose explanation of the meaning of the terms. Sharanam stands alone (BG 18:66), while the 3 Yogas and Prapatti can be grouped together (BG 18:65) and Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi together is called Samyama (the last 3 steps of the 8 steps of Pathanjali Yoga). They are all inter-related and one leads to another. While it's possible to be grounded and start in one, it's impossible to say 'no' to another. There is a thread running along them connecting them meaningfully. I will give one such thread though there might well be many such permutations and combinations. In the case of Arjuna, he suppressed his ego and took refuge in Krishna. Krishna gave him wisdom which in turn led to true love which gave a motivation to discharge his job as a service. He did it with concentration and meditation after the sermon and finally became liberated.
This is a comprehensive framework because being grounded in one leads to the rest and all needs of a spiritual aspirant gets satisfied by these.
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