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Jnana or knowledge is the basis of rational and intelligent activity. Every system of thought believes that knowledge is either the nature or quality of the self acting through the mind, reaching out to the objects and making them known to the self.   

Jnana or knowledge is the basis of rational and intelligent activity. Every system of thought believes that knowledge is either the nature or quality of the self acting through the mind, reaching out to the objects and making them known to the self.   

== Introduction ==

== परिचयः ॥ Introduction ==

Jnana-, bhakti-, and karma-yoga, the three main forms of “applied psychology” in the Indian tradition involve the systematic modification of the three basic capacities of the [[Jiva (जीवः)|jiva]], namely thinking, emotion, and action. In the Advaita system, vidya is gained through a specific kind of meditation, mainly involving the wise discrimination  (nitya-anitya-vastu viveka) between what is changing and what is permanent, and hence its approach is called the path of knowledge (jnana marga).<ref>Paranjpe, Anand. C. and Ramakrishna Rao, K. (2016) ''Psychology in the Indian Tradition.'' London: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 153</ref> The Visishtadvaita theory of knowledge is different in that jnana, the attributive intelligence of the self, as contrasted with the antahkarana of the Advaita philosophy, can reveal both itself and the object outside it.<ref>Srinivasachari, P. N. ''The Philosophy of Visistadvaita''. Adyar: The Adyar Library, 1943. 24</ref>  

Jnana-, bhakti-, and karma-yoga, the three main forms of “applied psychology” in the Indian tradition involve the systematic modification of the three basic capacities of the [[Jiva (जीवः)|jiva]], namely thinking, emotion, and action. In the Advaita system, vidya is gained through a specific kind of meditation, mainly involving the wise discrimination  (nitya-anitya-vastu viveka) between what is changing and what is permanent, and hence its approach is called the path of knowledge (jnana marga).<ref>Paranjpe, Anand. C. and Ramakrishna Rao, K. (2016) ''Psychology in the Indian Tradition.'' London: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 153</ref> The Visishtadvaita theory of knowledge is different in that jnana, the attributive intelligence of the self, as contrasted with the antahkarana of the Advaita philosophy, can reveal both itself and the object outside it.<ref>Srinivasachari, P. N. ''The Philosophy of Visistadvaita''. Adyar: The Adyar Library, 1943. 24</ref>  

== Sapta Jnana Bhumikas ==

== Sapta Jnana Bhumikas ==

Self realization, is a progressive path which requires active effort on the part of the aspirant to attain or experience the Brahman. In this path, an aspirant goes through seven stages of acquiring knowledge as per Yogavasishta.<ref>Yogavasishta ([https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%83/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D_%E0%A5%A9_(%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AE Prakarana 3 Utpattiprakarana Sarga 118])</ref>

Self realization, is a progressive path which requires active effort on the part of the aspirant to attain or experience the Brahman. In this path, an aspirant goes through seven stages of acquiring knowledge as per Yogavasishta.<ref>Yogavasishta ([https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%83/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D_%E0%A5%A9_(%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D)/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AE Prakarana 3 Utpattiprakarana Sarga 118])</ref><blockquote>ज्ञानभूमिः शुभेच्छाख्या प्रथमा समुदाहृता । विचारणा द्वितीया तु तृतीया तनुमानसा ।। ५

ज्ञानभूमिः शुभेच्छाख्या प्रथमा समुदाहृता । विचारणा द्वितीया तु तृतीया तनुमानसा ।। ५

सत्त्वापत्तिश्चतुर्थी स्यात्ततोऽसंसक्तिनामिका । पदार्थाभावनी षष्ठी सप्तमी तुर्यगा स्मृता ।। ६</blockquote>Seven stages of spiritual progress are (in developing) a right desire, discrimination, purification of the mind, abiding in the self, rising above attachment, realization of objectlessness, and  experiencing the highest state.<ref>Atreya, B. L. ''The Philosophy of the Yoga Vasishta''. Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1936. 71-72</ref> They are further explained as follows.

# Subheccha - dawn of the desire (to be liberated)

=== शुभेच्छा॥ Subheccha ===

 

== References ==

== References ==

[[Category:Vedanta]]

[[Category:Vedanta]]