what is gyan yagya said in Geeta by the Lord.?

Question

what i understood is gaining the knowledge is gyan yagya , but how it is yagya please tell me

it is not yoga , it is yagya written in Geeta same as we do hawan yagya ,.............

Answer 1

In chapter 4 shlokas 26-33, Shri Krishna tells that Gyan-Yagya is better than normal yagya done by people (with offerings to Agni with Veda mantras)

Shri Krishna tells some of the Gyan Yagays as :-

=> Brhamchari offer the indriyas into the Agni of mind

=> Those who control the mind and senses and realise their true self

=> Some do offering of Prana and control their breath (Pranayama)...

So any one doing any of the Yagya not for heavens or fruits...but to know its true self and to know the True self of Krishna (god) is doing Gyan Yagya

Answer 2

Tradition is, the Grihastha or householder has 5 basic duties
1. Devayajna- offering to gods through Homam, Yagam etc
2. Pitruyajna- offering libations [tharpanam, sraddham] to ancestors or pitrus
3. Bhutayajna- Offering bali or foodstuffs to all creatures
4. Manushyayajna- Offering feeding guests[aditi]
5. Brahmayajna- aspiration to realise 'Self' the life, its meaning and purpose .

Knowledge is different from Gyan/Wisdom:
Knowledge is hearsay, whereas wisdom is firsthand and personal experience.

Answer 3

Give your knowledge to others for better of their life is gyan yagya.

Answer 4

Jnana yoga is one of the four basic paths in yoga (jnana, bhakti, raja and karma.), according to Yoga and Vedanta philosophies, defined in Bhagawat Gita.

Jnana in Sanskrit means "knowledge", and is often interpreted to mean "knowledge of the true self". In the Vedanta school of the Hindu religion, to know Brahman as one's own Self is jnana. To say, based on experience "I am Brahman, the pure, all-pervading Consciousness, the non-enjoyer, non-doer and silent witness," is jnana. To behold the one Self everywhere is jnana.

Jnana yoga teaches that there are four means to salvation:

Viveka - Discrimination: The ability to differentiate between what is real/eternal (Brahman) and what is unreal/temporal (everything else in the universe.)

Vairagya - Dispassion: After practice one should be able to "detach" her/himself from everything that is "temporary."

Shad-sampat - The 6 Virtues: Tranquility (control of the mind), Dama (control of the senses), Uparati (renunciation of activities that are not duties), Titiksha (endurance), Shraddha (faith), Samadhana (perfect concentration).

Mumukshutva - Intense longing for liberation from temporal limitations.

One of the philosophical fundamental pillars of Jnana yoga is nondualism which is a fundamental belief in the unity of the universe, especially of the individual soul atman with brahman or transcendent, all pervasive ultimate reality. This is expressed in Hindu philosophical school of Advaita Vedanta. The desire for liberation mentioned above might be described as "wanting to be one with the universe."..

Answer 5

Jnana Yoga

Main article: Jnana Yoga

Jnana Yoga is a process of learning to discriminate between what is real and what is not, what is eternal and what is not. Through a steady advancement in realization of the distinction between Real and the Unreal, the Eternal and the Temporal, one develops into a Jnana Yogi. This is essentially a path of knowledge and discrimination in regards to the difference between the immortal soul (atman) and the body.

In the second chapter, Krishna’s counsel begins with a succinct exposition of Jnana Yoga. Krishna argues that there is no reason to lament for those who are about to be killed in battle, because never was there a time when they were not, nor will there be a time when they will cease to be. Krishna explains that the self (atman) of all these warriors is indestructible. Fire cannot burn it, water cannot wet it, and wind cannot dry it. It is this Self that passes from body to another body like a person taking worn out clothing and putting on new ones. Krishna’s counsel is intended to alleviate the anxiety that Arjuna feels seeing a battle between two great armies about to commence. However, Arjuna is not an intellectual. He is a warrior, a man of action, for whom the path of action, Karma Yoga, is more appropriate.

"When a sensible man ceases to see different identities due to different material bodies and he sees how beings are expanded everywhere, he attains to the Brahman conception."[41]

"Those who see with eyes of knowledge the difference between the body and the knower of the body, and can also understand the process of liberation from bondage in material nature, attain to the supreme goal."[42]

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Jnana yoga or "path of knowledge"[1] is one of the types of yoga mentioned in Hindu philosophies. Jnana in Sanskrit means "knowledge".[2]

As used in the Bhagavad Gita, the monist philosopher Adi Shankara gave primary importance to jnana yoga as "knowledge of the absolute" (Brahman), while the Vaishnava commentator Ramanuja regarded knowledge only as a condition of devotion.[3] In the Bhagavad Gita (13.3) Krishna says that jnana consists of properly understanding kshetra (the field of activity--that is, the body) and kshetra-jna (the knower of the body--that is, the soul). Later in the Gita (13.35) Krishna emphasizes that a transcendentalist must understand the difference between these two.[4]

[edit] See also

* Vedanta
* Bhakti

[edit] Notes

1. ^ For translation of Jnana Yoga as "path of knowledge" see: Flood (1996), p. 127.
2. ^ For definition of jnana as "knowledge" see: Apte, p. 457.
3. ^ For the varying views of Shankara and Ramanuja, see: Flood (1996), p. 127.
4. ^ B-Gita 13.35 "Those who see with eyes of knowledge the difference between the body and the knower of the body, and can also understand the process of liberation from bondage in material nature, attain to the supreme goal."

[edit] References

* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1965). The Practical Sanskrit Dictionary. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. ISBN 81-208-0567-4. (Fourth revised and enlarged edition).
* Flood, Gavin (1996). An Introduction to Hinduism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-43878-0.

Answer 6

Gyan Yagya

Answer 7

these are all non sense and blind faith.
pandits were only educated in olden time and peoples
use to believe what ever pandits told them being illiterate.
it is all to make money and their livings.

Answer 8

Are you sure?