Jnana means knowledge and by knowledge it isn’t the one which students imbibe at school or by doing research. Knowledge here is spoken of in the sense that one would see the underlying reality in everything there is in the world.

In the practice of Jnana Yoga, reality is not that which is tangible and that can be perceived. Reality is not composed of the pleasures that one experiences and the material things that one sees and accumulates.

Jnana yoga main points:

The reality being spoken of here is the so-called Absolute Reality which is also called the Sat. The Absolute Reality is the one which is not constrained by time or space; the reality that exists in the past, present, and the future; and it is the unchanging reality that has no beginning, middle, or end.

Seeing and realizing this Absolute Reality strips off the world of its appearances. Once stripped off of it, the world becomes less and less desirable and the desire to perceive the Absolute Reality becomes stronger.

But how does one see the Sat or the Absolute Reality? No, one doesn’t have to retreat to the woods and literally leave the world, or at least the civilized world. There is a means to be lured away into the illusions of the world and cease to be worldly. The means is called Sadhana Chatushtaya or the Four Means of Salvation.

Meaning of Jnana yoga = real wisdom, understanding, the power of intellect, knowledge of the Self derived from meditation.

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