Devanagari: ज्ञान मार्ग ISO15919: jñāna mārga
The path of knowledge: one of the paths mentioned in Vedas for spiritual upliftment. The ultimate result of following this path is atmajnana.
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To become eligible to tread this path, one has to master four compulsory pre-qualifications:
- mumukshu - a deep yearning for liberation,
- shamadi shata sampati - the six requisites for tranquility of the mind,
- vairagya - detachment or renunciation from the world and
- viveka - discrimination between the eternal and non-eternal.
Then observe eight internal disciples to practise to attain atmajnana are -
- viveka - discrimination between temporary and eternal,
- vairagya - detachment from the world,
- shamadi-shat-sampatti - developmental concentration, that is, control of the senses and six such disciplines (shama, dama, uparati, shraddha, samadhana, titiksha),
- mumukshatva - the desire for liberation,
- shravana - repeated listening to principal truths,
- manana - reflection,
- nididhyasana - single-minded concentration,
- samadhi - absorption of the mind in the self.
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