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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.

How it traveled

  1. Bhagavad-gītā
    Kuru-Pañcāla region · -150
    explains
  2. Yoga-sūtra
    Kāśī (Varanasi) · 375
    applies
  3. Upadeśasāhasrī
    Kālaḍi (Kaladi) · 710
    explains
  4. Vivekacūḍāmaṇi
    Śṛṅgeri (Sringeri) · 1400
    explains
  5. Aṣṭāvakra-gītā
    Kāśī (Varanasi) · 1450
    explains