Jnana Yoga is the yoga of the philosopher and thinker who wants to go beyond the visible, material reality.

The Jnana Yogi finds God through knowledge. Jnana Yoga is summed up in the Upanishads by the following statement: "In the method of reintegration through knowledge, the mind is ever bound to the ultimate end of existence which is liberation.

This method leads to all attainments and is ever auspicious."

Yoga of the intellect requires enormous strength of will to discriminate and to reason. It is the Yoga of analysis.

In the first stage, one acquires knowledge of the Vedas, Upanishads and the Bhagavad Geeta.

In the second stage, one takes the help of a Guru to guide her/him in doubts.

In the third and final stage, one practices deep Dhayana of the absolute Brahman.

Through study and analysis, our Jnana gets heightened. This Yoga is most suited to people who like to reason, who like to study, who love knowledge and the growth of intellect.

Jiddu Krishnamurti was born on 11 May, 1895, in Madanapalle, India.

After moving to Madras in 1909, Krishnamurti was adopted by Mrs. Annie Besant, President of the Theosophical Society.

She was convinced that he was to become a great spiritual teacher. Three years later she took him to England to be educated in preparation for his future role.

An organization was set up to promote this role. In 1929, after many years of questioning himself and the destiny imposed upon him, he disbanded this organization, turning away all followers.

"Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path."

From that time until his death in February 1986, he traveled round the world speaking as a private person, teaching and having discussions.

Krishnamurti evolved his unique teaching from his own being and living, for he had read no religious or philosophical literature.

His aim was to set people psychologically free so that they might be in harmony with themselves, with nature and with others.

He taught that mankind has created the environment in which he lives and that nothing can ever put a stop to the violence and suffering that has been going on for thousands of years except a transformation in the human psyche. If only a dozen people are transformed, it would change the world.

Krishnamurti maintained that there is no path to this transformation, no method for achieving it, no gurus or other spiritual authorities who can help.

He pointed to the need for an ever-deepening awareness of one's own mind in which the limitations of the mind could drop away.

Education had been one of his chief concerns. If a young person could learn to see his conditioning of race, nationality, religion, dogma, tradition, opinion etc., which leads to conflict, then he might become a fully intelligent human being for whom right action would follow.

During his life time he established several schools where young people and adults could come together and explore this possibility in daily living.

He said that schools were places "where students and teachers can flower inwardly." Because, "schools are meant for that, not just merely to turn out human beings as mechanical, technological instruments - but also to flower as human beings, without fear, without confusion, with great integrity."