Vedas describe three personality traits, Sathvika, Rajasika and Tamasika. Sathvika Gunas are present in the pious person who follows all teachings of the faith and Dharma. Compassion to all animals, Ahimsa and vegetarianism are advocated as Sathva Guna. The Rajasika Gunas are present in people who enjoyed some amount of worldly pleasures directed by desire and ego, which are Artha and Kama. Tamasika persons have no knowledge of the proper Dharma or they do not care for them. They are driven solely by Artha and Kama which are passion, greed and lust. These Gunas are present in all but one is dominant. The Yogas advocate the ways to follow the superior Sathva Guna and the ways to suppress the undesirable Artha and Kama without the proper Dharma. Performance of proper Dharma and all the Karma leads to a sense of peace and equanimity of mind and eternal bliss. The individual makeup of a person, his Guna and effects of his Karma determines the rebirth and ultimate liberation.

Performance of one's duty without devotion to God is dry and empty. Performance of such duty should be without any attachment to its fruit but as a devotion to God. Hinduism gave us the four Vedas, the three Agamas, the six Dharsanas and the four Yogas. The Vedas give the details of rituals and Manthras for daily practice. The Agamas give the details of worship of the Supreme Reality as God in various forms with our devotional prayers in the path of Bhakthi. We have many ways of practice of the faith. The popular ones are the Advaitha, Visishta-adhvaitha and Dvaitha systems. We have the practice of Saiva, Vaishnava and Saktha methods of worship of God in various forms as in Bhakthi path and the practice of Smarthas with many Vedic rituals along with the prayers. There are no strict dividing lines in these practices. In modern times we see a subtle merger of all these systems in the practice of Hinduism.