W7YogicPhil/Jnana4of4 Flashcards

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What is Jnana Yoga?

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Jnana Yoga is The intellectual approach to realisation

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Summary

In Jnana Yoga:

  • Mind examines own nature through inquiry and analysis.
  • Main mind tool; Vedanta philosophy.
  • Pure, non-dualistic Advaita Vedanta states that all is Brahman, or the unmanifest Absolute.
  • Everything else which appears to exist is only a projection of Brahman (the Unmanifest Absolute).

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In Jnana Yoga, the mind is used to examine its
own nature through inquiry and analysis. Its main
tool is Vedanta philosophy. Pure, non-dualistic
Advaita Vedanta states that all is Brahman, or the
unmanifest Absolute, and everything else which
appears to exist is only a projection of Brahman.

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What is the prerequisite for Jnana Yoga practice?

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The prerequisite for Jnana Yoga practice is the

Sadhana Chatushtaya – the Four Means.

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What are Sadhana Chatushtaya – the Four Means?

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  1. Viveka – Discrimination;
  2. Vairagya – Dispassion;
  3. Shad-sampat – The six-fold virtues:
    i. Sama - Tranquillity of mind through desirelessness;
    ii. Dama - Rational control of the senses;
    iii. Uparati - Satiety, turning the mind away from desire;
    iv. Titiksha - Endurance;
    v. Shraddha - Faith; and
    vi. Samadhama - Mental balance.
  4. Mumukshutwa – Intense longing for liberation.
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Recite the Vedantic methods for realising the Self?

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Summary
- All are based on the removal of limiting
ideas in regard to oneself and the universe:

  • Neti Neti (“Not this, not this”)
    Union with the Absolute by denial of all limiting ideas of self and world.
  • Sakshi Bhav is the witnessing/observing approach.
  • Abheda Bodha Vakya
    Name and form are discarded leaving only the experience of existence, knowledge and bliss.
  • Laya Chintana
    Effect is absorbed into cause.
  • Panchikarana further develops the concept of
    absorption of the gross into the more etheric.
  • Mahavakyas are the four great proclamations,
    contained in each of the four Vedas:
  1. Prajnanam Brahma – Consciousness is Brahman;
  2. Aham Brahma Asmi – I am Brahman;
  3. Tat Twam Asi – That Thou Art;
  4. Ayam Atma Brahman – This Self is Brahman.
  • Bhagatyaga Lakshana explains the
    proclamation Tat Twam Asi.

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There are various Vedantic methods for realising
the Self. All are based on the removal of limiting
ideas in regard to oneself and the universe:
- Neti Neti (“Not this, not this”) is the method of
Vedantic analysis by negation. Union with the
Absolute is achieved by denial of all limiting ideas
of oneself and the world of names and forms. The true “I” remains.

  • Sakshi Bhav is the witnessing approach. One
    observes the play of life as though one were
    watching a movie but does not identify with it.
  • Abheda Bodha Vakya is the method by which
    name and form (which are impermanent and
    illusory) are discarded leaving only the experience
    of existence, knowledge and bliss.
  • Laya Chintana is a method by which effect is
    absorbed into cause.
  • Panchikarana further develops the concept of
    absorption of the gross into the more etheric.
  • Mahavakyas are the four great proclamations,
    contained in each of the four Vedas:
    1. Prajnanam Brahma – Consciousness is Brahman;
    2. Aham Brahma Asmi – I am Brahman;
    3. Tat Twam Asi – That Thou Art;
    4. Ayam Atma Brahman – This Self is Brahman.
  • Bhagatyaga Lakshana explains the
    proclamation Tat Twam Asi.
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Recite the 7 Bhumikas?
(Stages of Consciousness leading to Self-Realisation)
In Jnana?

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In Jnana there are seven Bhumikas/Stages of consciousness leading to Self-Realisation:

  1. Subecha – Longing for the Truth.
  2. Vicharana – Right inquiry, searching deeply for Truth.
  3. Tanumanasa – Fading of the mind, in which the mind loses its taste for objects of the world (corresponding tosavitarka and nirvitarka samadhi).
  4. Sattwapatti – Purity of mind; identification with the Self(corresponding to sananda and
    sasmita samadhi in Raja Yoga.)
  5. Asamsakti – The state of being detached in the world (asamprajnata samadhi).
  6. Padarthabhanava – Knowledge of the Truth.
  7. Turiya – Liberation. The yogi sees God everywhere.
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