In Indian philosophy and religions, jñāna (Sanskrit: ज्ञान, [ˈdʑɲaːnɐ]) is "knowledge". The idea of jñāna centers on a cognitive event which is recognized...
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Jnana yoga (IAST: Jñāna yoga), also known as the jnana marga (jñāna mārga), is one of the three classical paths (margas) for moksha (liberation) in Hinduism...
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Kevala jnana (Sanskrit: केवल ज्ञान) or Kevala gyana, also known as Kaivalya, means omniscience in Jainism and is roughly translated as complete understanding...
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Jnana palam (Tamil: ஞானப்பழம், romanized: Jñāna paḻam, lit. 'Fruit of wisdom'), also rendered Gnana Palam, is the name of a divine fruit in Hindu mythology...
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Jnana Prabodhini is a social organization in India. Founded in 1962, its activities have expanded into multiple aspects of social work. The main activity...
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The Jnana-Vijnana Yoga (Sanskrit: ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग, romanized: Jñānavijñānayōga) is the seventh of the eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad Gita. The chapter...
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Jnana Saradhi is an Indian documentary film in Malayalam Language, duration with 90 minutes directed by Sathish Kalathil. It is a historical movie and...
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Jnana Yoga (lit. 'The Yoga of Knowledge') is a book of lectures by Swami Vivekananda as transcribed by Joseph Josiah Goodwin. The lectures were delivered...
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The Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga (Sanskrit: ज्ञानकर्मसन्यासयोग, romanized: Jñānakarmasanyāsayoga), also spelled as the Gnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga, is the fourth...
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duties, and the importance of detachment. The text analyses the paths of Jñāna, Bhakti, Karma, and Rāja yogas for the purpose of Moksha (spiritual liberation)...
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Dakshinamurti (redirect from Jnana Dakshinamurti)
southern circumambulatory path around the sanctum sanctorum. In his aspect as Jnana Dakshinamurti, Shiva is generally shown with four arms. He is depicted seated...
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David Tibet (redirect from Durtro Jnana)
Chants de Maldoror), Durtro (from the Tibetan word for charnel ground), Jnana Records, Coptic Cat, The Spheres, Ghost Story Press, and Cashen's Gap (named...
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Jñāna Vigraham is a distinctively styled statue of the Hindu social reformer Narayana Guru. In Sanskrit, the word Jñāna means knowledge, and Vigraham...
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testing silver and jewels. Dhatu-vada: metallurgy. Mani-raga jnana: tinging jewels. Akara jnana: mineralogy. Vrikshayur-veda-yoga: practicing medicine or...
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Jnana Prabodhini Prashala, is a high school located in Sadashiv Peth, Pune, India. It was started by educationist Dr. V. V. Pendse, in 1962. The principal...
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or the Path of Devotion (Bhakti-mārga) to Ishvar (God) Jnana Yoga or the Path of Knowledge (Jñāna-mārga) A "fourth yoga" is sometimes added: Raja Yoga or...
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Hemiphyllodactylus jnana is a species of gecko. It is endemic to Tamil Nadu, India. Hemiphyllodactylus jnana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database v t...
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underscores the view that bhakti (devotion) is also important along with jñāna (knowledge), as emphasised by the Bhakti movement. There is a legend related...
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Jnana Deepa (JD), Institute for Philosophy and Theology (Pontifical Athenaeum) is located at Pune, India. It is the academic component of Papal Seminary...
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The Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS), or the Bhāratīya Jñāna Paramparā Vibhāga, is a division of the Ministry of Education of the Government of India which...
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Look up gyan or jnana in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. GYAN, Gyān, Gyaan or Gyan may refer to: Asamoah Gyan (born 1985), Ghanaian footballer Baffour...
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Mudra (redirect from Jñāna mudrā)
mudrā ("mudra of explanation"). This is also called as chin-mudra. The Jñāna mudrā ("mudra of wisdom") is done by touching the tips of the thumb and...
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ascetic life, and attained kevala jnana (omniscience). According to the Śvetāmbara Jains, he attained kevala jnana (omniscience) after which he renounced...
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the true nature of objects intensifies then one reaches the threshold of jñāna or knowledge about those objects; knowledge. The desire to know is called...
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paths in Hinduism, one based on the "yoga of action", the others being Jnana yoga (path of knowledge), Rāja yoga (path of meditation) and Bhakti yoga...
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The Vipassanā-ñāṇas (Pali, Sinhala: Vidarshana-jñāna) or insight knowledges are various stages that a practitioner of Buddhist Vipassanā ("insight", "clear-seeing")...
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opposed to the krama mukti, "gradual liberation" as in the Vedanta path of jnana yoga. It resulted in a state of mind which he later described as "the state...
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Zen stress on emptiness (空 kōng), non-conceptual wisdom (Skt: nirvikalpa-jñana), the teaching of no-mind, and the apophatic and sometimes paradoxical language...
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Traditionally, Hinduism identifies three mārga (ways) of spiritual practice, namely Jñāna (ज्ञान), the way of knowledge; Bhakti, the way of devotion; and Karma yoga...
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In Jainism, jnāna (knowledge) is said to be of five kinds – mati jñāna (sensory knowledge), śrutu jñāna (scriptural knowledge), avadhi jñāna (clairvoyance)...
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