If you purify it completely, you can achieve great knowledge, this system of yoga is called jnana yoga or the path of wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [ideonexus.com »2007» February] Reference
The yoga he admired was of the philosophical variety that sought the “yoking” of the mind, what Hindus speak of as jnana yoga, not the lower form caricatured in the West as the practice of lying upon a bed of spiked nails or gazing steadfastly at the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
This is called jnana-aparadha. From Wordnik.com. [StickyBlogs.com] Reference
So I thought, instead, about jnana yoga master Sri. From Wordnik.com. [Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult] Reference
Frankly he is not for everyone, for his is a way of jnana or pure metaphysics. From Wordnik.com. [Frithjof Schuon is not for everyone] Reference
Vedantic meditation is associated with the path of jnana yoga, the path of knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [The Sivananda Companion To Meditation] Reference
Samagrah is literally 'full or complete,' implying that such a man becomes jnana-triptah. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
The meditative process in the path of jnana yoga aims at realizing this truth first intellectually, then through direct experience. From Wordnik.com. [The Sivananda Companion To Meditation] Reference
The teachings tell us that before even approaching the jnana yoga path the practice of both raja and bhakti yoga must be well developed. From Wordnik.com. [The Sivananda Companion To Meditation] Reference
The flames that surround them are the different types of deep awareness (yeshey, ye-shes; Skt. jnana, wisdom) that burn away obscurations. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 5 Tantric Imagery] Reference
These are the networks of positive force (bsod-nams, Skt. punya, merit, positive potential) and deep awareness (ye-shes, Skt. jnana, wisdom, insight). From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 6 Gelug Presentation of Tantra in General] Reference
We quickly came to realize that jnana yoga, or the yoga of knowledge/study of philosophy, were our chosen paths, which most often makes for good dialogue. From Wordnik.com. [Derek Beres: The Unlikely Making of a Yoga Dude] Reference
An all-encompassing network also comprises two systems: a network of deep awareness (jnana-dharmakaya) and a basic network or framework of everything (svabhavakaya). From Wordnik.com. [Developing Balanced Sensitivity: Practical Buddhist Exercises for Daily Life (Revised Second Edition) ��� 3 Imagining Ideal Sensitivity] Reference
The omniscient nonconceptual mind of jnana-dharmakaya, a body of deep awareness encompassing everything, replaces the blank nonconceptual mind of deep dreamless sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Taking the Kalachakra Initiation ��� 11 The Second Day of the Actual Empowerment] Reference
The demigods are worshiped by persons who are more or less adherents of the processes of jnana, yoga and karma, i.e., the impersonalists, meditators and fruitive workers. From Wordnik.com. [Vedic creationists in the U.S. - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
This important term appears at the beginning of both the Brahma Sutras and the Samkhya Karikas, and it would appear to be an indicator of the so called "path of knowledge" jnana-marga. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
Deep awareness (ye-shes, Skt. jnana), the special discriminating awareness employed for having the defining characteristic of all phenomena as voidness integrate fully with their minds. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Far-Reaching Attitudes in Theravada, Mahayana, and Bon] Reference
Interestingly, by way of contrast, Chorus of Names of Manjushri, ascribes to Manjushri (of whom Raudrachakrin is an emanation) the epithet of having the one eye of deep awareness (Tib. ye-shes mig-gcig, Skt: jnana-eka-caksha). From Wordnik.com. [The Kalachakra Presentation of the Prophets of the Non-Indic Invaders (Full Analysis)] Reference
His tenure was long enough to write four seminal books that introduced Westerners to the classic yogic pathways -- bhakti (devotion), karma (action), jnana (intellect) and raja (meditative practice) -- and to establish Vedanta Societies in major cities. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Goldberg: Three Gurus Who Changed the Face of Spirituality in the West] Reference
Maharaja speak about Guru, svarupa jnana, diksa and siksa guru. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Patnaik meets PM, seeks assurance on industrial projects] Reference
Sripad BV Damodara Maharaja and Sripad BV Bhagavad Maharaja speak about Guru, svarupa jnana, diksa and siksa guru. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Patnaik meets PM, seeks assurance on industrial projects] Reference
Doctor of Chiropractic, matrix energetics, rebirther, karma, jnana and bhakti yoga, and much more as well as a 'nam veteran. From Wordnik.com. Reference
With pure heart, tranquil mind and dispassionate spirit, the aspirant follows other paths of yogas, namely, knowledge (jnana-yoga), devotion (bhakti-yoga) and/or meditation (raja-yoga) to attain the highest spiritual illumination. From Wordnik.com. [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference
"yoganganustanat asuddhi kshaye jnana diptihi aviveka khyatehe". From Wordnik.com. [ChennaiOnline Articles] Reference
Chinmaya Mission Mattancherry Unit: Geeta jnana yagna, Thekkemadom Shastha Temple hall. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
It appears as jnana-dharmakaya – a body of deep awareness encompassing everything. '". From Wordnik.com. [The Gelug-Kagyu Tradition of Mahamudra ��� Session Seven] Reference
Sri Aurobindo’s sadhana method, Integral Yoga, synthesises all four yogas: bhakti, karma, jnana and raja yoga. From Wordnik.com. [Sri Aurobindo’s audacious vision] Reference
‘Jam-dpal mtshan-brjod, Skt. Manjushri-nama-samgiti), in which Manjushri, the embodiment of the deep awareness (Tib. ye-shes, Skt. jnana, wisdom) of all the Buddhas, is identified with the Kalachakra Buddha-figure. From Wordnik.com. [The Kalachakra Presentation of the Prophets of the Non-Indic Invaders (Full Analysis)] Reference
The first three correspond to the three-fold yoga of the Bhagavad Gita (i.e. karma-, jnana-, and bhakti-yoga), while the last (incomplete) section gives Sri Aurobindo’s own development and synthesis of these three paths. From Wordnik.com. [Synthesis of the three paths] Reference
(16) sensory awareness (blo, Skt. buddhi) or perceiving (shes-pa, Skt. jnana), referring to the five types of sense consciousness. From Wordnik.com. [Basic Tenets of the Nyaya and Vaisheshika Schools of Indian Philosophy] Reference
jnana yoga 32, 107, 109, 149. From Wordnik.com. [The Sivananda Companion To Meditation] Reference
Jnanam, of course, means here jnana-janakam, i.e., leading to knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Kula-samhanana-jnana, i.e., 'knowledge of Kula, as also of samhanana, which latter, as Nilakantha explains, means the body. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
Used in the Sivananda Yoga Centres today, this encompasses the four main paths of yoga, bhakti, jnana, raja, and karma, and the five points of yoga—proper exercise, proper breathing, proper relaxation, proper diet, and positive thinking and meditation. From Wordnik.com. [The Sivananda Companion To Meditation] Reference
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