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Language
  
English

Originally published
  
1899

Subject
  
Indian philosophy

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Publication date
  
1899

Author
  
Swami Vivekananda

Country
  
India

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Jnana Yoga (The yoga of knowledge) is a book of Swami Vivekananda. based on a series of lectures on the topic delivered mainly in New York and London by Swami Vivekananda. These lectures were recorded by a professional stenographer, J.J.Goodwin, who later became a disciple of Swami Vivekananda.

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Theme

Jnana yoga is one of the types of yoga mentioned in Hindu philosophies. Jñāna in Sanskrit means "knowledge"; 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 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

    • References

    Jnana Yoga (book) Wikipedia
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