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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

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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

Jñāna and Vijñāna in Sri Ramakrishna and Sri Aurobindo, after Ayon Maharaj

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