Indian paradigms on psychological knowledge

Indian paradigms offer a different theory of knowledge itself: Yoga treats disciplined practice as a way of knowing, the Gita grounds knowledge in self-realisation, Buddhism grounds it in seeing impermanence clearly, Sufism in the purified heart, and Integral Yoga in evolving consciousness. For example, in Yoga, knowing the mind is not reading about it but observing its fluctuations directly in meditation. This chapter sets out each paradigm and the idea that self-knowledge comes first.