Jñāna and Vijñāna in Sri Ramakrishna and Sri Aurobindo, after Ayon Maharaj |
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This video essay discusses two different dimensions of spiritual knowledge: Jñāna (knowledge) and Vijñāna ("bhakti with knowledge"). An article by Ayon Maharaj on Sri Ramakrishna and Sri Aurobindo serves as starting point and helpful reference. See below for links.
0:38 Ayon Maharaj, God and reality 2:28 Jñānayoga in Advaita Vedanta 6:15 Ramana Maharshi on self-enquiry 11:07 Sri Ramakrishna on Jñāna and Vijñāna 17:10 Being-Consciousness-Bliss as Lord 18:45 Self-inquiry and Devotion are one 21:16 To see God in all manifestation 23:57 Vasudeva Sarvam, "Yoga and Its Objects" 26:26 Effort and Surrender 31:58 Highest Secret in "Essays on the Gita" 34:48 Summary of the Vijñāna vision 38:09 To Divinize Life; Exortation to the One 43:52 Closing, thanks, and prayer Our Golden Change is dedicated to universal awakening and transformation in the spirit of Savitri: "Awakened to the meaning of my heart, That to feel love and oneness is to live And this the magic of our golden change Is all the truth I know or seek, O sage." Links: Ayon Maharaj, "Toward a New Hermeneutics of the Bhagavad Gītā: Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Aurobindo, and the Secret of Vijñāna," https://www.academia.edu/3692781/ Ayon Maharaj, "Śrī Rāmakṛṣṇa's Philosophy of Vijñāna Vedānta," https://www.academia.edu/12600996/ Ramana Maharshi on Self-enquiry, https://ramana-maharshi.weebly.com/sri-ramana-explains-self-enquiry.html Drg-Drsya-Viveka, https://blog.advaitashram.org/drg-drsya-viveka/ Sri Aurobindo, "Yoga and its Objects," https://www.hinduwebsite.com/divinelife/auro/auro_yogaandobjects.asp Sri Aurobindo, Essays on the Gita, https://www.sriaurobindoashram.org/sriaurobindo/writings.php |