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Jnana

Liberating knowledge of the Self and the Absolute.

ConceptBhagavad Gitaज्ञान

Definition

True knowledge, insight into Self, reality, and liberation.

Meaning

Jnana-yoga is the path of understanding: discriminating the eternal from the transient, and seeing the one Self in all beings.

Etymology

From Sanskrit √jna "to know".

Primary sources

  • Bhagavad Gita · ch. 4
  • Bhagavad Gita · ch. 13
  • Bhagavad Gita · ch. 18

Examples

  • Krishna teaching the eternal Self beyond the body
  • Jnana-yajna, sacrifice of knowledge (ch. 4)
  • Field and knower of the field (ch. 13)

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