Jnana Yoga is the royal road that is described in thaw major treatises pertaining to and that which constitute the Vedanta. The point of starting is the hearing of the Vedanta or the Upanishads from a profound and sympathetic teacher. It includes not only the text but a very facile and convineing explanation thereof. Only after having acquired the basic qualifications, or the four means indicated below, can the aspirant progress on the path of Wisdom or Jnana Yoga.

The four means are discrimination (Viveka); dispassion (Viragya); six-fold virtues (Shat-sampatti); and burning desire for liberation (Mumukshutwa). The aspirant must discriminate between the real and the unreal, between the eternal and the transient, between the unchanging and the changing, between the subject and the object. He must have dispassion or indifference towards the enjoyment of material objects or to anything that is mundane and worldly in their intent. Dispassion must be the outcome of discrimination.

DLS Australia's note to reader: The above article is an extract from Wisdom Light - Monthly Journal for the Members of the Divine Life Society, dedicated to the Supreme Cause of the Dissemination of Spiritual Knowledge. Volume 12,  Oct 1960, No.10  This is from a collection of periodicals in the possession of Sri and Smt Aravindji formerly from Johor, Malaysia and based currently in Parramatta, Australia. Sri Aravindji kindly loaned the periodical for reproduction in this manner.