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Jnana Yoga
Jnana in Sanskritmeans "knowledge", and is often interpreted to mean "knowledge of the true self". In the Vedantaschool of the Hindureligion, to know Brahmanas 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, rajaand karma.)
Jnana yoga teaches that there are four means to salvation:
- Viveka - Discrimination: The ability to differentiate between what is real/eternal (Brahman) and what is unreal/temporary (everything else in the universe.)
- Vairagya - Dispassion: After practice one should be able to "detach" her/himself from everything that is "temporary."
- Shad-sampat - The 6 Virtues: Tranquility (control of the mind), Dama (control of the senses), Uparati (renunciation of activities that are not duties), Titiksha (endurance), Shraddha (faith), Samadhana (perfect concentration).
- Mumukshutva - Intense longing for liberation from temporal limitations.
One of the philosophical fundamental pillars of Jnana yoga is nondualismwhich is a fundamental belief in the unity of the universe, especially of the individual soul atmanwith bhramanor transcendent, all pervasive ultimate reality. The desire for liberation mentioned above might be described as "wanting to be one with the universe."
See also
Topicsin Yoga
| Yogas:
| Agni Yoga- Anahata Yoga- Anusara Yoga- Arhatic Yoga- Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga(Ashtanga Yoga) - Bikram Yoga- Hatha yoga- Integral yoga- Iyengar Yoga- Kriya yoga- Kundalini yoga- Natya Yoga- Sahaj Marg- Sahaja Yoga- Siddha Yoga- Six yogas of Naropa(Tumo) - Surat Shabd Yoga- Viniyoga- Yoga in Daily Life- Yoga Nidra
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| Texts:
| Hatha Yoga Pradipika- Yoga Sutra
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| Hinduismpaths:
| Bhakti yoga- Karma Yoga- Jnana Yoga - Raja Yoga(Ashtanga Yoga)
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| Raja Yoga limbs:
| Yama- Niyama- Asana- Pranayama- Pratyahara- Dharana- Dhyana- Samadhi
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| Lists:
| Yoga schools and their gurus- Hatha yoga postures
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| Related topics:
| Ayurveda- Chakra- Tantra- Vedanta- Yoga as exercise
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