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Dravyanuyoga (the philosophy of the essence of life and liberation through scriptures).
Vedanta (philosophy taught by the Vedas, the most ancient scriptures of India) also has four yoga (paths that lead to the Self): Bhaktiyoga (cultivation of a devotional relationship with God through prayer), Karmayoga (The path to God through selfless service to others), Rajyoga (attuning the mind to God and truth through concentration and meditation), Gnanyoga (approach to God through discrimination and reason).
The Lord had said that if you are a Jain, you should read these four anuyogas, and the followers of Vedanta, should read the four yogas. In so doing, you will find the Atma (the Self). In the shubhashubha (doing good deeds and avoiding bad deeds), the ego increases. And through kathanuyoga (listening to narrations of stories about great beings that have attained the Self) the ego does not increase. And by hearing stories of great accomplishments of people like Vastupal-Tejpal (two brothers in the thirteenth century, who built a temple dedicated to the 22nd Tirthankar Lord Neminath), one is inspired by the likes of such people and wants to emulate their ways. These days, only the egos have increased. How much ego should a Jain have? Only as much as would be required to run his household and business. Instead, they have started nothing but chaos!
Gneya: Gnata “Anaadithi ‘gneya’ ney ja ‘gnata’ samaji vartey lok.” 'Since time immemorial, people have believed gneya as the Gnata. And that is how they pass the life.'
~Navneet
Over infinite past lives, what has people's religion been? They have practiced religion through the notion that the gneya (that which is to be known, the non-Self) is the Gnata (Knower). The spiritual teacher (acharya) is the gneya and the
