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Chapter Summaries by Shreé Srimad Bhaktivedänta Näräyan Gosvämi Chapter 4 – Jïäna-Yoga Yoga Through Transcendental Knowledge The Fourth Chapter begins with instructions on jïäna-yoga, the path of spiritual advancement through transcendental knowledge. It first explains that one can only obtain genuine knowledge of the Truth by receiving the mercy of Shree gurudeva, who has seen that Truth. The process of receiving this mercy is to hear from a person in a bona fide disciplic succession. That transcendental knowledge cannot possibly be attained through mundane learning, intelligence or knowledge. This chapter also explains that an incarnation of the Supreme Lord appears in every millennium. The birth and activities of the Lord are divine, and it is foolish and offensive to consider them mundane. One attains this knowledge of the Absolute Truth in the association of a self-realized spiritual master. One gradually hears from him about the unique characteristics of communion with the Lord through such knowledge and its superiority over linking with Him by offering Him the fruit of one’s work. A person can easily cross over the ocean of birth and death by taking shelter of authentic knowledge. The practitioner who doubts this cannot make progress. One who lacks this conclusive knowledge of the Truth will become fallen and deviate from the path. He will become trapped again in the cycle of fruitive action.
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