''Jnana Yoga'' () is a book of lectures by
Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda (; ; 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta (), was an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, author, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the intro ...
as transcribed by Joseph Josiah Goodwin.
The lectures were delivered mainly in New York and London. These lectures were recorded by Goodwin, a professional stenographer, who later became a disciple of Swami Vivekananda.
Theme
Jnana yoga is one of the types of
yoga
Yoga (; sa, योग, lit=yoke' or 'union ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciou ...
mentioned in
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
philosophies. Jñāna in
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...
means "
knowledge
Knowledge can be defined as awareness of facts or as practical skills, and may also refer to familiarity with objects or situations. Knowledge of facts, also called propositional knowledge, is often defined as true belief that is distinc ...
"; the word is derived from Sanskrit ''jna'' – to know. In the book, Swami Vivekananda describes "knowledge" as the ultimate goal. According to Swami Vivekananda,
freedom
Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or to possess the power and resources to fulfill one's purposes unhindered. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving on ...
is the object of Jnana Yoga.
Chapters
*The Necessity of Religion
*The Real Nature of Man
*Maya and Illusion
*Maya and the Evolution of the Conception of God
*Maya and Freedom
*The Absolute and Manifestation
*God in Everything
*Realisation
*Unity in Diversity
*The Freedom of the Soul
*The Cosmos: The Macrocosm
*The Cosmos: The Microcosm
*Immortality
*The Atman
*The Atman: Its Bondage and Freedom
*The Real and the Apparent Man
*The soul of everyone
See also
*
''Karma Yoga''
References
External links
''Jnana Yoga'' full text at Archive.org
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Philosophy books
Indian non-fiction books
1899 non-fiction books
Indian philosophy
Works by Swami Vivekananda
Classic yoga books
19th-century Indian books
Books of lectures