Jnana Marga

To follow Jnana Yoga in this age (Kali yuga) is very difficult.

First, a man's life depends entirely on food,

Second, he has a short span of life,

Third, he can by no means get rid of body-consciousness.

The Jnani says :

 'I am Brahman ; I am not the body. I am beyond hunger and thirst, disease and grief, birth and death, pleasure and pain.'

How can you be a Jnani if you are conscious of disease, grief, pain, pleasure and the like ?

A thorn enters your flesh, blood flows from the wound, and you suffer very badly from the pain ; but nevertheless if you are Jnani you must be able to say :

'Why, there is no thorn in my flesh at all. Nothing is the matter with me.'

- Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna Dev.