Jñāna yoga
तस्माद्दोषविनाशार्थमुपायं कथयामि ते ।
tasmāddoṣavināśārthamupāyaṃ kathayāmi te ।
योगहीनं कथं ज्ञानं मोक्षदं भवति ध्रुवम् ॥ १४ ॥
yogahīnaṃ kathaṃ jñānaṃ mokṣadaṃ bhavati dhruvam ॥ 14 ॥
योगो हि ज्ञानहीनस्तु न क्षमो मोक्षकर्मणि ।
yogo hi jñānahīnastu na kṣamo mokṣakarmaṇi ।
तस्माज्ज्ञानं च योगं च मुमुक्षुर्दृढमभ्यसेत् ॥ १५ ॥
tasmājjñānaṃ ca yogaṃ ca mumukṣurdṛḍhamabhyaset ॥ 15 ॥
अज्ञानादेव संसारो ज्ञानादेव विमुच्यते ।
ajñānādeva saṃsāro jñānādeva vimucyate ।
ज्ञानस्वरूपमेवादौ ज्ञानं ज्ञेयैकसाधनम् ॥ १६ ॥
jñānasvarūpamevādau jñānaṃ jñeyaikasādhanam ॥ 16 ॥
I relate to you the means to be employed for destruction of errors (doṣa); Without the practice of yoga, how could knowledge set the ātman free? Inversely, how could the practice of yoga alone, devoid of knowledge, succeed in the task? Seekers of liberation (mokṣa) must direct their energy to both simultaneously. The source of unhappiness lies in ignorance (ajñāna); Knowledge alone sets one free. This is a dictum found in all Vedas.
Jñāna yoga for me is a spiritual practice that pursues knowledge in the broadest sense of the word: the study of one's true identity, self-restraint and ethics, science, textual studies and philosophy.
In that way, the information I collect on this website is an element of my practice of jñāna yoga.
Notes
- ↑ ॥ योगतत्त्वोपनिषत् ॥ Sanskrit text of Yogatattva Upanishad, SanskritDocuments Archives (2009)
- ↑ Wikipedia: Yogatattva_Upanishad.
- ↑ Aiyar, Narayanasvami (1914). Thirty minor Upanishads. Archive Organization. Retrieved 23 December 2015. p. 193.
- ↑ Derek (tr), Coltman (1989). Yoga and the Hindu Tradition. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-0543-9. p. 226.
- ↑ Ayyangar, TR Srinivasa (1938). The Yoga Upanishads. The Adyar Library. p. 304.