Jnana Sopanam (ज्ञानसोपानम्) - Buddhi Yoga (बुद्धियोगम्)

तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम् | ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते || (Bhag. Gita. 10.10)

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.

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