02/02/2026
Finally, we explore what is often described as the most challenging yogic path — Jñāna Yoga, the path of wisdom and discernment, sometimes called the yoga of knowledge.
Jñāna Yoga is considered challenging not because it is inherently difficult, but because it asks something very specific of us:
that we first be firmly established in the other three paths.
To walk this path, we must be able to serve the world without the need for recognition or personal gain (Karma Yoga).
We must be capable of moving through life from a place of love and compassion, recognizing that we are not separate — that we are all expressions of the same underlying reality (Bhakti Yoga).
And we must have some capacity to work with the mind —
so that we are not constantly dragged around by our senses,
like a cart careening behind a team of wild horses (Rāja Yoga).
When these foundations are in place, Jñāna Yoga becomes possible.
From there, the practice turns toward focused inquiry:
the careful study of the nature of the self,
the examination of reality as it is,
and the steady loosening of mistaken identity.
Established in truth, the aim is not the accumulation of knowledge,
but the direct recognition of oneness.
Hari Om Tat Sat
