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<blockquote>तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम् | ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते || (Bhag. Gita. 10.10)<ref>Bhagavad Gita ([https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%83 Adhyaya 10])</ref> </blockquote>Translation : To those who are thus in a constant union with Me, and adore Me with an intense delight of love, I give the Yoga of understanding by which they come to Me - Sri Aurobindo (Bhag. Gita. 10.10)

<blockquote>तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम् | ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते || (Bhag. Gita. 10.10)<ref>Bhagavad Gita ([https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%83 Adhyaya 10])</ref> </blockquote>Translation : To those who are thus in a constant union with Me, and adore Me with an intense delight of love, I give the Yoga of understanding by which they come to Me - Sri Aurobindo (Bhag. Gita. 10.10)

Thus does Sri Krishna suggest the "Yoga of understanding", Buddhi Yoga to his disciples. This Buddhi Yoga is seen to be manifested in an ancient game of snakes and ladders, known today by several other names like Gyan Chaupar and Mokshapattam.  As social systems changed, the game evolved by accepting the changing beliefs and traditions of the "newer societies".  The Jain, the Sufi, the Buddhists and Islam, all accepted the beautiful design of the board game, but changed it's content and structure to suit their context.  The British also adopted the game and re-designed it as a game of morals and ethics. Their colonies adopted this new version of snakes and ladders as well, and thus was India's age old "mokshapattam" re-christened as snakes and ladders that we play today. 

Thus does Sri Krishna suggest the "Yoga of understanding", Buddhi Yoga to his disciples.  

We have re-created a very ancient version of the same under the name of Buddhi Yoga.  This design encodes our knowledge of the three main paths to liberation (मोक्ष); tantra (तन्त्र) or gyaana (ज्ञान)(n), karma (कर्मन्) and bhakti (भक्ति)(m).

We have re-created a very ancient version of the same under the name of Buddhi Yoga.  This design encodes our knowledge of the three main paths to liberation (मोक्ष); tantra (तन्त्र) or gyaana (ज्ञान)(n), karma (कर्मन्) and bhakti (भक्ति)(m).

[[File:Buddhi Yoga.png|thumb|230x230px|Fundamental principles of the philosophy of Tantra.]]

[[File:Buddhi Yoga.png|thumb|230x230px|Fundamental principles of the philosophy of Tantra.]]

=== The path of Tantra (तन्त्र) or the Gyānamārg (ज्ञानमार्ग)(m) ===

== The path of Tantra (तन्त्र) or the Jnanamarga (ज्ञानमार्ग)(m) ==

Tantra, in the Indian context means a system, a technique, an instrument, a practice.  The practices are detailed in our scriptures called Agamas (आगम)(m).  In the Tantra (तान्त्र)(adj) philosophy, our thoughts, matter, everything we perceive through our five senses, our nervous system with it’s electrical pulses (नाडी)(f) are all a part of the  dance of the cosmic energies, the Shiva and the Shakti<ref>What is Tantra?  ([http://www.devamurti.co.uk/about/what-is-tantra/ Devamurti] )</ref>.

Tantra, in the Indian context means a system, a technique, an instrument, a practice.  The practices are detailed in our scriptures called Agamas (आगम)(m).  In the Tantra (तान्त्र)(adj) philosophy, our thoughts, matter, everything we perceive through our five senses, our nervous system with it’s electrical pulses (नाडी)(f) are all a part of the  dance of the cosmic energies, the Shiva and the Shakti<ref>What is Tantra?  ([http://www.devamurti.co.uk/about/what-is-tantra/ Devamurti] )</ref>.