GURU GORAKHNATH

Guru Gorakhnath was known for his great magical, secretive powers .He was also called Gorakshanath. Gorakhpur place has samadhi sthal of this great saint. Gorkha jaati is connected to this guru.Gorakhnath did tapasya in India Nepal border ,famous Paateshvari Shakti peeth.This temple was destroyed many times by greeks and mughals,but it was reconstructed each time.

His guru was Matsyendranath,who is the first nath of the nath sect and most famous name after Dattatreya. Matsyendranath is the beginner of Kaula marga.He was also the param guru of Hatt yoga.

Gorakhnath created all Sabar mantra of various gods and goddesses.Navanath parampara was started due to Gorakhnath. Guru Gorakhnath is considered the greatest saint of India after Shankaracharya.Gorakhnath believed in going beyond Siddhis and attaining shoonya samadhi and becoming sakshaath Shiva.

Lord Shiva is called Aadinath and Dattatreya is called Aadiguru.Nath sect is considered an important part of Hinduism.This sect became known as Navnath parampara and there are 84 nath Siddhas.In the times of Guru Dattatreya, Vaishnavism,Shaivism and Shaktheya were merged together.

One branch of Nath sect is in Jainism and another branch is in Buddhism.If we look carefully we will understand that Sufism in Islam came from this Naths.

Gorakhnath made this Nath sect extremely famous.Earlier it was existing only in Assam and nearby places.Guru Gorakhnath is closely connected to Nepal. Nepal King Mahendradev was his disciple. One entire place in Nepal was known as Gorkha place.

Many stories on Gorakhnath exists in Uttar pradesh,Uttaranchal,Bengal,Western India,Sindh, Punjab and Nepal. Shree Gorakhnath gave deeksha and spread the Nath cult in Kabul,Gandhaar, Sindhu baluchisthan, Kach and even till Mecca-Medina.

  -- From Pracheen Mantra Yantra Vigyan, Febraury 2020

ALCHEMY OF THE NATHS

Jalandharnath was a great scholar and a magnetic and famous personality.First he was a Buddhist monk and was the disciple of Kurmapad,the disciple of Ghantapad.Later he attained great fame in the field of Tantra and he accepted Theism.He started an independent cult of the Naths.

Just as there have been eight-four famous Siddhs similarly there have been nine eminent Naths.Jalandharnath had many renowned disciples among whom Shantipad,Kanhapad,Tantipad and Matsyendranath were more reputed.

Matsyendranath was prominent among all these disciples.He stablished the Kaulmat which is a form of Vam Marg.His disciple Gorakhnath was very famous and he removed the practices of Vamachar from Vam Marg.He was the most eminent and celebrated among all the Naths.

The second disciple of Jalandharnath,Shantipad wrote " Paarad Ratnakar" and it is a unique and excellent scripture in which there are simple processes of preparing gold from mercury.Even an unlearned person can make gold without the help of a Guru,by reading this book.

Another disciple Tantipad was of Kori caste.The book "Swarn Paarad" written by him is a rare text which can be obtained in a translated form in the Tibetan language.The disciple of Gorakhnath,Karwal Bhairav in his scripture "Anand Mangal" has explained some methods of preparing gold with the help of a woman.

Many small couplets were prevalent in the Nath cult through which the processes of preparing gold were explained." Gyaneshwari Teeka " contains 56 stanzas in the Tibetan translation and each stanza contains a complete method for the preparation of Gold.