The Yoga of Inquiry

In this Teachers Corner, we offer a look into Jnana Yoga, from Ganga's Yoga Beyond Belief, chapter two, The Many Yogas. The section entitled: Jnana Yoga gives the opportunity to more clearly investigate the yoga of wisdom and inquiry. One of the big four, Jnana Yoga, and Ganga's particular understanding and teaching of it, greatly inspires our White Lotus Yoga.

"Jnana yoga is the yoga of wisdom, based on the study of oneself and everything in life. This yoga suggests that we cannot merely cultivate the supreme qualities of life, such as divine love, truth, or cosmic consciousness. These non-things cannot be brought into being by our limited minds and limited actions. Rather, they come into being when we remove the obstructions of our own ignorance and illusions."

and further in this chapter...

"It shows us that when we open our eyes and begin to see the beauty and sacredness around us we have less need of techniques, rituals, or beliefs."