Jnana yoga

It, he sa- You know, whether you're...

Well, that's kind of going where Akura's going here, right? Whether you're, your karma is your thing, Ghana is your thing, Bhakti is your thing.

Krishna's behind it all along, and they all c- A- a- in, in one sense, like say you're, you're practicing Vedic karmic, uh, processes.

Like, you do yajnas and, and so on to try to satisfy the gods who provide the material things.

That is not being taught.

For sanyasi, yes, but that's why I am saying that is the jnana marga.

Jnana marga is based on varagya.

That is the basis of it.

Therefore, who has the adhikara for Jnanmarg? One who has vivek, viragya, satsampatti, moksha.

They are all part of single Vedic Lord.

And then you have different different paths like Karma Yoga, Gyan Yoga, Bhakti Yoga.

But originally it was one.

See when Sri Aurobindo speaks of aspiration, many people don't understand.

Karmyogam, jigyasamana, uptanavadpurvakam, pritchati.

So Uddhava has heard Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Nashtanga Yoga.

Now he is inquisitive to know about Karma Yoga.

So therefore he first says what has been spoken already.

Iti pradhan bhuta guni bhutau tu tau So he says the other two types of bhakti.

So the first type he says that it comes by sadhu sangha only, not by any other means.

But this pradhan bhut and guni bhut bhakti which is primary, but mixed with Jnana Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Karma Yoga, or Guni Bhuta Bhakti, when Bhakti is secondary.

So this happens also by the Satsanga.

who

popularized the path of Jnana Yoga.

That was the third of the three paths to liberation as described in the Bhagavad Gita.

The other two I referred to a while back.

So the four yogas, as envisioned by Swami Vivekananda, as described by him, address these four basic problems directly.

Jnana yoga, the Yoga of wisdom, the yoga of knowledge, of self-analysis.

First, learning what the scriptures say, but then applying it, seeking within to uncover my true self.

That addresses this root problem of ignorance.

That leads gradually to real meditation.

Allied disciplines that we can include in our daily routine, which are like anchor points throughout the day.

Daily reading, Swami Swahananda Ji used to say, one page of philosophical type reading, like maybe Bhagavad Gita or Jnana Yoga teachings of Vivekananda, and one page of inspirational, like reading from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna or the Gospel of Holy Mother or the Gospel of Jesus, some inspiring, Gospel of Buddha, some inspiring conversations on spiritual life.

And of course, having some holy company as we can.

Where you take the path of bhakti or of, uh, performing karma or jnana.

Each of these schools have their own study and literature, right? If you read about, uh, the Jnana Marga, they talk of the Brahma Sutras where they say, "Athato Brahma Jijnasa."

Mm.

That speaks of the qualifications that are required for you to become a Brahma Jijnasi.