What is the Hindu rationale for having different paths or yogas to the goal of moksha?

Explain the Hindu rationale for having different paths or yogas to the goal of moksha
What is the Hindu rationale for having different paths or yogas to the goal of moksha?
Hinduism began developing many centuries prior to Roman Catholicism--which has Saints.





For Hindus, Saints express aspects of Brahman, Deity. Hence, one prays to higher-powered Saints.





Secondly, again similar to Roman Catholicism, Hindu Saints/Gods/Goddesses express individualized aspects of Being.





Thus, Mother Mary is more Loving, Motherly, Child-nourishing, Saint Joseph is more Manly, Fatherly, Child-protecting, Saint Francis of Assisi is more Sun-saluting....A %26quot;maturing%26quot; of such %26quot;expressions of Saintly Being%26quot; occurred in Hinduism. Hence, Babaji represents Kriya Yoga, Sri Ramakrishna represents Bhakti/Jnana (the latter according to Swami Vivekananda, his major disciple), Sri Yukteswar jnana yoga, Paramahansa Yogananda bhakti yoga, Nicholas Roerich Agni yoga, and so on.





Different emphases for different desires and personality profiles is likewise found e.g. in high-symbol Episcopalian ritual (one joke: on occasion, they%26#039;ve been known to send the wine back), melodic Methodism, plain Shaker, meditative Quaker, Mindful Christian Science, and so on.





The fruits of the Spirit are Love, Peace, Joy, Truth, and the like. To re-cognize same, one must %26quot;let this Mind abide with you, which was also with Christ Jesus,%26quot; else how may you %26quot;compare Spiritual things with Spiritual things%26quot;?





Ironically, the greater Truth may be expressed in writings such as:


%26quot;The Great Divorce,%26quot; C. S. Lewis,


%26quot;Testimony of Light,%26quot; Helen Greaves,


%26quot;The Masters and Their Retreats,%26quot; Mark Prophet,


%26quot;Expecting Adam,%26quot; Martha Beck, and


%26quot;Men in White Apparel,%26quot; Ann Ree Colton.
What is the Hindu rationale for having different paths or yogas to the goal of moksha?
There are no different paths. There is only one: Elimination of Ego. There are various names given to the process to achieve this. If one digs deep one finds that there are no differences,





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