Sayings of Gorakhnath: Annotated Translation of the Gorakh Bani

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• ISBN 10: 0190935103
• ISBN 13: 9780190935108
• Author: Gordan Djurdjevic, Shukdev Singh

Sayings of Gorakhnath presents a translation of late-medieval texts in Old Hindi, traditionally attributed to one of the founders of the Order of Nath Yogis. The Naths are associated with the creation and development of hatha yoga, with important historical and ideological links to Hindu tantra and alchemy. The texts gathered in this collection on the one hand provide a criticism of religious authority based on external knowledge lacking personal experience, while on the other hand they celebrate the path of yoga and its methods of engagement with the subtle body and its centres of occult energy and miraculous powers. The ultimate goal of the style of yoga described in the Sayings of Gorakhnath concerns the attainment of immortality and divinization of its adepts. This is achieved by redirecting the trajectory of the seminal fluid, which in the process transforms into the elixir, the amrt. In order to accomplish that goal, a regime of yogic practices is suggested, consisting of the assumption of a steady posture, breathing exercises, mantra chanting, and meditation. Djudjevic and Singh’s translations are preceded by an introduction and accompanied by notes, which contextualize and elucidate the subject matter.

Table of contents:

1. Sayings of Gorakhnāth
2. Sabads
3. Pads
4. The Overview of Teaching
5. The String of Breaths
6. Instruction to a King
7. Self-Understanding
8. “Measure of Fearlessness” Yoga
9. Fifteen Days
10. Seven Days
11. Machindra’s Instruction to Gorakh
12. A Line of Hair
13. The Ornament of Wisdom
14. The Five Measures
15. Appendix: The Victory of Gorakṣa
16. Glossary of Hindi Technical Terms

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