1.11 Principles And Practices Of Jnana Yoga

Question 1

What are the three stages of Jnana Yoga?

Answer 1

Shravana - Listening, or absorbing instructions
Manana - Reflection or contemplation involving reasoning and arriving at intellectual conviction
Nididhyasana - Repeated meditation on convictions/accepted truths

Question 2

What is Sadhana Chatushtaya?

Answer 2

It helps in the preparation of intellect, emotion, and will through

Viveka - Discrimination between real and unreal
Vairagya - Detachment from the fruits of actions
Shad Sampat (Six Attributes)
Mumukshuvta - Yearning for Freedom

Question 3

What is the meaning of Uparati?

Answer 3

Withdrawal of the senses

Question 4

What are the ultimate objectives of practicing Jnana Yoga? (3)

Answer 4

Moksha
Discrimination between real and unreal
Knowledge of Self

Question 5

What is Sama?

Answer 5

To control the mind

Question 6

What is Dama?

Answer 6

To control the senses

Question 7

What is Titiksha?

Answer 7

Endurance / patience

Question 8

What is Uparati?

Answer 8

Withdrawal of the senses

Question 9

What is Shraddha?

Answer 9

Faith

Question 10

What is Samadhan?

Answer 10

Not losing sight of the goal?

Question 11

Subhecca is the first step to developing detachment in a Jnana Yogi. True or False

Answer 11

True

Question 12

What are the Shad Sampat (Six Attributes)?

Answer 12

Sama
Dama
Uparati
Titiksha
Shraddha
Samadhan

Question 13

What are the Sapta Bhumika (The Seven Stages)

Answer 13

Subheccha
Vicharana
Tanumanasi
Sattvapatti
Asamsakti
Padartha Bhavana
Turiya

Question 14

Explain Subheccha

Answer 14

Good desire

Question 15

Explain Vicharana

Answer 15

Philosophical enquiry

Question 16

Explain Tanumanasi

Answer 16

Subtlety of mind

Question 17

Explain Sattvapatti

Answer 17

Attainment of light

Question 18

Explain Asamsakti

Answer 18

Inner detachment

Question 19

Explain Padartha Bhavana

Answer 19

Spiritual Vision

Question 20

Explain Turiya

Answer 20

Supreme freedom

Question 21

In Sapta Bhumika which stage makes the mind “like a thin thread”

Answer 21

Tanumanasi

Question 22

Kama is one of the Shad Sampat. True or False

Answer 22

False

Question 23

Moksha is attained in which Sapta Bhumika

Answer 23

Turiya