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Similarly, in the early text Yogshikhopanishad (Chapter 1) it is said:
Knowledge (wisdom) without yoga, and yoga without knowledge cannot give freedom. Therefore, a practitioner who seeks freedom must practice both knowledge and yoga.
And we find in the Dhammapada's Bhikkhuvaggo (13):
There is no meditation for one who is without wisdom (knowledge), and no wisdom for one who is without meditation. He, in whom there are meditation and wisdom, is close to nirvana.
Shri Gosvami Tulsidas Ji also echoes the familiar theme in the Ramacharitamanas when he says:
Wisdom coupled with yoga is the giver of moksha (liberation)
There are many other examples of this correspondence of concepts. Even when there is some variation in language, there is no difference in essence. In fact, there are also many discourses, in which there is not even a language difference. And it should also be noted that in various contexts terminologies is identical with same meaning. Due to the lack of space, we cannot explain all of the specific references here. But a few will be further elaborated for a better understanding of these
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