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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>What is Jnana Yoga?<\/h3><p>Jnana Yoga, the yoga of wisdom or knowledge, is one of the four yoga paths. It involves the philosophy of Vedanta and aims to recognize the Supreme Self in oneself and in all beings. This philosophical approach describes the world as an illusion (<em>maya<\/em>) and seeks to lift the veils of Maya through two key disciplines: <em>viveka<\/em> (discrimination) and <em>vairagya<\/em> (dispassion). <\/p><p>Jnana Yoga is usually regarded as the most difficult of the four paths. 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At the same time, it explains that this universal Self is veiled by Maya, and that as these veils are lifted through inquiry, the mind becomes clearer and liberation (moksha) becomes possible.<\/p><h3>Viveka and vairagya: The tools to lift Maya<\/h3><p><strong>Viveka (discrimination):<\/strong> In Jnana Yoga, viveka is the practice of discrimination used to lift the veils of Maya by continually discerning between the real and the unreal, the changing and the unchanging. Through clear discernment, the mind turns away from mere appearances and toward the Supreme Self, so the search for Self-realization does not remain vague or theoretical, but becomes a steady inward movement toward direct knowledge.<\/p><p><strong>Vairagya (dispassion):<\/strong> Vairagya is the companion discipline to viveka: the dispassion that loosens fascination and attachment, so the mind can remain calm, strong, and fit for inquiry. It supports the process of detachment and dis-identification that Vedantic meditation relies on \u2013 so observation and inquiry mature beyond intellectual understanding into direct experience, without being pulled outward by desires, reactions, or restlessness. <\/p><h3>Breaking the glass: a classic image of unity<\/h3><p>A traditional illustration used in Vedanta philosophy describes how we perceive the space inside and outside a glass as different, just as we see ourselves as separate from God. Realization comes by breaking the glass \u2013 dissolving the veils of ignorance \u2013 so what seemed divided is known to be one.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58704c4f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"58704c4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34b7c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34b7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb88a2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb88a2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vedantic Meditation \u2013 Jnana Yoga Exercises<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4af8693e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4af8693e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f0c24d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f0c24d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efd4f6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efd4f6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vedantic meditation is associated with Jnana Yoga and is a <em>nirguna<\/em> practice \u2013 meditation without a form, focusing on pure consciousness. The practitioner strives to realize the truth first intellectually and then through direct experience, based on observation, discrimination, and detachment.<\/p><h3>Neti-neti (analysis by negation)<\/h3><p>A core method is to inquire:<\/p><p><em>Am I the body?<\/em><br \/><em>Am I the senses?<\/em><br \/><em>Am I the emotions?<\/em><br \/><em>Am I the mind? <\/em><\/p><p><em>Neti-neti<\/em> means &#8216;not this, not this&#8217; \u2013 it is a process of dis-identification that drives the inquiry deeper toward direct knowledge. <\/p><h3>Sakshi bhav (the witness attitude)<\/h3><p>Another method is <em>sakshi bhav<\/em>, where you observe the mind like a film, without identifying with it. Return patiently to the witness state again and again. 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