The Jñana Yoga has four means: i. discrimination [Viveka]; ii. dispassion [Vairagya]; iii. the six fold virtues [Shat- Sampat] which are: tranquillity [Sama], restraint [Dama], satiety or renunciation [Uparati], endurance [Titiksha], faith [Sraddha] and concentration [Samadhana] and iv. strong yearning for liberation [Mukshutva]. The Student who wants to get Jnana-Yoga, then hears the scriptures by sitting at the feet of his Guru who is well established with the realization of Brahman. Then he practices reflection, dispels all doubts and practices deep meditation on Brahman. This leads on to a state of Jivan-Muktha or a liberated sage. There are seven stages of Jñana. They are aspiration for the Right [Subhechha]; philosophical inquiry [Vicharana]; subtlety of mind [Tanumanasi]; attainment of light [Sattvapatti]; inner detachment [Asamsakthi]; spiritual vision [Padarthabhavana] and supreme freedom [Turiya]. A Jñana Yogi goes to the farthest limits of Reason, eliminating all other objects until he reaches ultimately the real "I" which is the Eternal Subject. He must have intense and absolute self control and must have the power to concentrate exclusively on his path. When he throws away all that we are not, only the True Self will remain.

Jñana is taught very clearly by Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita. It is a commentary on the Vedic teachings that the soul is immortal and is in no way affected by the death of the body. Death is only a change of center for the soul. The greatest teacher of Vedantha Philosophy was Sri Aadhi Sankaracharya. By solid reasoning, he gave this discipline of Jñana from Vedic revelation. He unified all conflicting descriptions of Brahman and showed there is only One Infinite Reality. The one who has attained this knowledge is the Jivanmuktha. The Dvaitha theories state that the way to salvation is through the mercy of God. To become harmoniously balanced in all directions is ideal for religion. To love the One Universal Self as the Ultimate with devotion is the Path of Bhakthi Yoga. To serve this self without attachment is the path of Action, Karma Yoga. The path that gives one the power to think, concentrate and meditate on this Self to attain full realization is the path of Raja Yoga. To understand and to behold this Self as the Supreme Reality in all beings is the Path of Knowledge, Jñana Yoga.