Tantra Revival - Guru Goraksha Nath

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When Tantra lost its original shape is not known. But its deformed

Vaam Marga flourished a lot. Mahabharata times had such Tantriks in

High mountains and later on in 1st and 2nd century these vaam margi

Tantrik had taken over India. People were Afraid of them because of

the black magic they performed with the help of wine, meat sex

etc....Tantra was the path hated becoz of them, and people avoided

them.

 

During 1st Century the kings of India were the 3/4th generation

of king Kanishka. It was during this regime that the correct Vaam

Marga of Tantra was revived by Tantrik Ashwaghosh. His main

disciple Nagarjuna (who was from south India..perhaps Andhra

Pradesh), carried the work of his guru forward. It is said that the

Mahayana sect of Budhism is actually based on the teachings of

Nagarjuna. Somewhre in Andhra Pradesh Nagarjuna established his

first Tantra Kendra and started teaching the Vaam Margi Tantra to

his disciples, most of whom were Budhists. in 800 ad a great centre

for Tantra was established in Bihar with the name VikramShila. In

1202 Muslim invaders destroyed VikramShila and killed all inmates,

but by then the centre had produced 84 Sidhhas (perfected

tantriks). Though common men hated those tantriks becuase they were

unable to understand their ways of wine, sex and meat.

 

Sir John woodroff's book "Shakti & Shakta" has a detailed

explanations of these path.

 

Now coming back to 84 sidhhas....Nagarjuna and other sidhhas (named

Sarhapa, shabrpa, tilopa etc) were all most perfect in Vaam Marga of

Tantra and were busy in enjoying lower sidhhis like Yakshini,

Dakini, Shava sadhna, Karnapishachini etc. One of the sidhha

JallundharPa had a great disciple named MatsyenderaPa (he became

Nath from Pa later).

 

So One day Matsyendra was visiting a village, and a woman

requested him to bless her for a son as she had no child and her

husband was angry with her. Matsyendra Nath gave her a mango and

told her to eat that mango, but also asked her to give her son to

him as disciple when he would be 12 years old. The woman,after

hearing many bad things about Tatriks threw the mango in a pit where

cow-dung was thrown. After 12 years, Matsayendra Nath came to her

and asked for her son. She was afraid and she told the story of

mango to him. Guru Mat.nath went near the pit and called," O my son

it is 12 years...come out and be my disciple" Hearing this a

brilliant boy of 12 years came out of the pit. He was named

GorakshNath (called Gorakh Nath too). Gorakh Nath was a Sidhha by

birth and knew all the Tantra at that age.

 

Gorakh Nath was the only Sidhha who purged the Vaam Marga Tantra

of the impurities of 5 Ms. and created/revived another Marga called

Kriya Yoga or Dakshin Marga. This sect was called "Nath Panthh" and

the disciples of Gorakh Nath are called Naths. They are also

called "Kanfatey yogi" becoz they wear big Kundals in their ears and

thus their ears have big holes lumping down.

 

Gorakh Nath was the only Human till then, who was taught Tantra by

Lord Shiva himself. Lord Shiva also blessed him to be alive till

Mahapralaya and spread the correct path of Tanta.

 

GOrakh Nath removed the ignorance of his guru Matsyendra Nath

who was hooked up by a woman Tantrika, who used him for lower

siddhis.

 

It is also said that when Goraksh Nath reached Jawalji Temple (In

himachal Pradesh - this temple was a great centre of Tantriks and we

still have Nagarjuna and gorakhnath temple there)...Mother Jawalaji

(which is a local name of Dhumavati, the seventh of 10 Mahavidyas),

appeared before him and asked for wine and meat as per Shakta

rituals. She insisted she will be only happy if he presented her

wine and meat. Guru Gorakh Nath understood that it was test from

Mother for him...and by his wits, he got her promise to take Sattvic

food as offerings.

 

Nathh sect do all the Tantric Sadhna without using 5 Ms i.e.

without meat, wine, sex etc. Their Sadhnas are centered around

Chakras, Nadis and Kundalini.. and many of them are great

sidhas...they have many psychic powers, but normally they do not

exhibhit their powers to common people.

 

Many say Gorakh Nath was re-incarnation of Patanjali....and it may

also be true that he is no other than the "Babaji" mentioned by

Yogananda in "Autobiography of a Yogi"

They cry "Alakh Niranjan" as salutation or to ask for alms or to

call god.

 

 

Alakh Niranjan

 

baba beirut wala