"Jnana Yoga" or the "Yoga of Knowledge"
Dear Yogi / Yogini / Mumukshu (seeker) ---
Once knowledge dawns, ignorance vanishes for ever, and the "Jeeva" or the being or the human being realizes that it is nothing but the "Brahman" or the Source-of-All-Energy or the Father-in-Heaven or the truth-most-holy. Just as Jesus became Christ when he realized --- "I and my Father are One and the Same," you as a spiritual-seeker will stop seeking. Listen for free to one of the 53 discourses in the Ashtavakra Gita Series, explained word-by-word (from Sanskrit to English, with the deeper philosophical meanings unearthed in the context of the fast 21st century life) by Brahmavid Sam Yogi. All the later (and more important) discourses have accompanying study-guides. If you have no difficulty understanding what is being said in the Ashtavakra Gita discourses, you qualify for listening to the discourses on the Avadhuta Gita.
A step-by-step approach might include listening to the discourses on the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads first. This can be followed by listening to the Ashtavakra Gita and the Brahma Sutras. The discourses on the Avadhuta Gita (and the later discourses on the Ashtavakra Gita) are meant to induce the state of "Manana" and "Nididhyasana". To couple listening with practice, PRANAYAMA - Kapalabhati, Surya-Veda, and Nadi-Sodhana may be practiced, while sitting in Padmasana or Siddhasana (Siddha-Yoni Asana for women).
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Seemingly simple in meaning, but which can take for some a lifetime to master, are Ramana Maharshi's teachings on "Soham" or "Sah-Aham" or "I-am-That." To get you started on this Jnana Yogic Path of adventure, I have brought forward in 3 CDs the 30 verses comprising of the "Upadesha-Sara" or "Instructions-Concentrated" by Ramana Maharshi.
"Brahma-Vidya" or the knowledge of Brahman deepens once you grasp what the Rishis of yore taught us via the various Upanishads, which are the bibles of Hinduism... Enjoy the discourses on Katha and Mandukya, or Svetasvetara, or Brihat-Aranyaka....
If you have any questions, or if you have any lingering doubts, please feel free to email me at sam (at) samyogi.com.
Best wishes, and godspeed,
Sam Yogi
