
Secret Instruction on the Practice of Non-Dual Jnana Yoga Om Salutations to Shiva, the goddess of wisdom Saraswati, the avadhuta guru Dattatreya, the holy Brahmananda, and all the saints of the great Tree of Refuge. "Happiness is in Brahman, and not in anything else," – so declare the Shrutis and teach the Rishis; therefore, a yogi-sannyasin must focus entirely on the realization of Brahman, rejecting worldly vanity as one casts away old and useless things. Not everyone knows Brahman, but only the rare yogi-sadhu endowed with great destiny and qualities, who has ascended to the four highest stages of wisdom (Jnana-bhumi),

