Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Jnana

ज्ञान · jñāna

knowledge; insight into what is real

Not information but direct understanding of the self and its relation to the whole. Krishna calls it the best purifier there is, a fire that burns up the binding effect of action. In chapter 13 he lists what knowledge looks like in a person, and the list begins with humility.

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Bhagavad Gita 4.33 · Bhagavad Gita 4.38 · Bhagavad Gita 4.39 · Bhagavad Gita 13.7