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== Gyan ==
 
== Gyan ==
  
"Gyan" is Hindi for "enlightenment" or spiritual "knowledge". BKs talk about "gyan" meaning the knowledge they have been taught and the wisdom they have gained from it. They describe their first encounters with the BK knowledge as "coming into gyan", and if and when they leave the BK organsiation, that is described inaccurately as "leaving gyan" .
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"Gyan" is Hindi for "enlightenment" or spiritual "knowledge". BKs talk about "gyan" meaning the knowledge they have been taught and the wisdom they have gained from it. They describe their first encounters with the BK knowledge as "coming into gyan", and if and when they leave the BK organisation, that is described inaccurately as "leaving gyan" .
  
 
One of the four main BK [[subjects]], ie [[yoga]], [[gyan]], [[seva]], and [[dharna]].
 
One of the four main BK [[subjects]], ie [[yoga]], [[gyan]], [[seva]], and [[dharna]].

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Gyan

"Gyan" is Hindi for "enlightenment" or spiritual "knowledge". BKs talk about "gyan" meaning the knowledge they have been taught and the wisdom they have gained from it. They describe their first encounters with the BK knowledge as "coming into gyan", and if and when they leave the BK organisation, that is described inaccurately as "leaving gyan" .

One of the four main BK subjects, ie yoga, gyan, seva, and dharna.