Workshop Jnana Yoga (Knowledge, Gita)

The Seminar is aimed at:

1. Seekers who wish to start on the complex Path of Knowledge (Jnana)
2. Yoga teachers and practitioners who wish to introduce themselves to Jnana Yoga seeking to incorporate the ethical-spiritual dimension in their yoga practices/classes, beyond the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Yoga Philosophy)

It can also be taught in any yoga teacher training program.

Jnana Yoga Course

Duration: 4 hours

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Jnana Yoga Course

1. Jnana: The Path of high philosophy and knowledge
2. Vedanta philosophy

1. The Field (Kshetra) and the Knower the Field (Kshetrajna)
2. Characteristics of the Jnani Yogi
3. The object of Knowledge: Supreme Brahman
4. Prakriti (nature) and Purusha (spirit)
5. Structure and key verses of chapter the Yoga of the Distinction between the Field and the Knower of the Field

1. Jnana as a path to achieve Unity with the Lord
2. The importance of the Three Gunas (Sattva, Rajas and Tamas)
3. Influence of the gunas on human beings
4. Paramatman (Supreme Atman)
5. Gunatite / Jivamukta
6. Sat-Chit-Ananda
7. Structure and key verses of chapter XIV- Yoga of the Differentiation of the Three Gunas

1. The Ashvattha tree and the world of the senses
2. The divinity in men: Jivatman
3. Omnipresence of the Lord
4. Concepts of Purusha Kshara, Akshara, Paramatman and Purushotama
5. Structure and key verses of chapter Purushottama Yoga

1. Arjuna had been born with the divine inheritance (Sattva), Duryodhana with the diabolical
2. Passion, anger and greed: The doors to darkness
3. Shastra as authority
4. Structure and key verses of chapter: The Yoga of Divine and Demoniacal Inheritance

1. Faith (Shraddha): Sattvic, Rajasic or Tamasic
2. Is it possible not to follow the rules of Shastra but act with faith?
3. Austerity (Tapas), Dana (charity) and Yajna (sacrifice)
4. OM TAT SAT mantra
5. Structure and key verses of chapter the Yoga of the Threefold Faith

1. Sannyasa and Tyaga
2. Karma and Samkhya: Atman does not act
3. Knowledge, action, reason, firmness and pleasure depending on the Gunas
4. Caste duty
5. Realization of Brahman (Brahmasakshatkara)
6. Nishkama Karma with Bhakti Yoga
7. Surrender to the Lord who dwells in the heart of every being
8. The Bhagavad Gita as Yoga Shastra
9. Krishna: Jnana and Karma Yoga, Arjuna: Karma Yoga
10. Structure and key verses of chapter: Moksha Sannyasa Yoga

1. Would the world be possible without Rajasic personalities?
2. The concept of everything is One of Vedanta
3. Is the Supreme Atman exclusive to Hinduism?
4. Which Shastras should I follow?
5. How to become a Jnani Yogi?
6. Jnana Yoga compared to the other paths and philosophies of Yoga
7. India: spiritual power of the world

«The Jnani Yogi is the one who must perform the strongest of all renunciations, he has to renounce all nature, since the entire universe is Maya. He furthermore knows that every manifestation of power in nature belongs to the soul.. The Path of Knowledge is sublime; It is the highest of philosophies, and that is why it is so difficult to follow. The Jnani contemplates the One Being in all beings” Swami Vivekananda

« Jnana Yoga is not superior to Karma Yoga or Bhakti Yoga. The Bhagavad Gita makes it very clear that all Yogas lead to the same end. The Yoga of Action purifies our hearts allowing self-realization, which is the result of Jnana. There is also no essential difference between Jnana and Bhakti» Swami Vidya Prakashananda

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