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Jnana Yoga



         


Jnana (sometimes pronounced Gyaan) in Sanskrit means "knowledge", and is often interpreted to mean "knowledge of the true self". In the Vedanta school of the Hindu religion, to know Brahman as one's own Self is jnana. To say, "I am Brahman, the pure, all-pervading Consciousness, the non-enjoyer, non-doer and silent witness," is jnana. To behold the one Self everywhere is jnana.

Jnana yoga is one of the four basic paths in yoga (jnana, bhakti, raja & Brahman (non-dualism) which is a fundamental belief in the unity of the universe. The "liberation" mentioned above might be described as "wanting to be one with the universe."






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