The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2103 page)

a forgets its true nature and regards the body or mind as the true self, then it remains attached to prak
ti. Freedom is obtained by discriminatory knowledge (s
khya), which is practical as well as theoretical; and that is why yoga became attached to S
khya, producing the so-called S
khya-yoga of
Patañjali
. Potentially, and often actually, S
khya is a non-theistic system. However, gods are easily incorporated as products of prak
ti; or God as Puru
a.

 
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