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The Path of Knowledge (Jñāna)
If bondage is a case of mistaken identity, the cure is simply to know.
Jñāna is liberating knowledge — not mere book-learning but the direct, transforming realization of who one truly is. For Advaita Vedānta, bondage is fundamentally a case of mistaken identity, so the decisive remedy is correct knowledge: when ignorance ends, liberation is already present. The path of knowledge proceeds by hearing the teaching, reasoning it through, and meditating until it becomes direct insight.
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- Bhagavad-gītāKuru-Pañcāla region · -150explains
- Yoga-sūtraKāśī (Varanasi) · 375applies
- UpadeśasāhasrīKālaḍi (Kaladi) · 710explains
- VivekacūḍāmaṇiŚṛṅgeri (Sringeri) · 1400explains
- Aṣṭāvakra-gītāKāśī (Varanasi) · 1450explains
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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi 45↗explains
Vivekacūḍāmaṇi · Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1,4.9↗explains
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)
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