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Gorakhnath
Sign in to saveGorakhnath (also known as Gorakshanath (Sanskrit: Gorakṣanātha) (Devanagari : गोरक्षनाथ / गोरखनाथ), c. early 11th century) was a Hindu yogi, mahasiddha and saint who was the founder of the Nath Hindu monastic movement in India. He is considered one of the two disciples of Matsyendranath. His followers are known as Jogi, Gorakhnathi, Darshani or Kanphata.
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- Hindu leader.name
- Gorakhnath
- Hindu leader.image
- Gorakshanath.jpg
- Hindu leader.caption
- Statue of Gorakhnath performing yogic meditation in lotus position at Laxmangarh temple, India
- Hindu leader.religion
- Hinduism
- Hindu leader.flourished
- 11th,12th, or 14th century
- Hindu leader.philosophy
- Hatha yoga
- Hindu leader.sect
- Nath Sampradaya (sect of Shaivism)
- Hindu leader.honors
- Mahayogi
- Hindu leader.founder
- Nath monasteries and temples
- Hindu leader.guru
- Matsyendranath
- Hindu leader.known_for
- Hatha yoga, Nath Yogi organisation, Guru, Gorakhpur
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Historian accounts
- Hagiographic accounts
- Nath Sampradaya
- Gorakhnath Math
- Influence
- ''Hatha yoga''
- ''Langars'' (community kitchens)
- Nepal
- ''Siddhar'' tradition
- West Bengal – Assam – Tripura - Bangladesh
- Works
- ''Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati''
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Gorakhnath (also known as Gorakshanath (Sanskrit: Gorakṣanātha) (Devanagari : गोरक्षनाथ / गोरखनाथ), c. early 11th century) was a Hindu yogi, mahasiddha and saint who was the founder of the Nath Hindu monastic movement in India. He is considered one of the two disciples of Matsyendranath. His followers are known as Jogi, Gorakhnathi, Darshani or Kanphata.
Gorakhnath is considered a Maha-yogi (or "great yogi") in Hindu tradition. He was one of nine saints, or Navnath, in the spiritual lineage of nine masters with Shiva as their first direct teacher. Hagiographies describe him to be a person outside the laws of time who appeared on earth during different ages. He did not emphasize a specific metaphysical theory or a particular Truth, but emphasized that the unbiased search for Truth is a valuable and normal goal of man. Gorakhnath championed Yoga, spiritual discipline and enlightened guidance of a realized master (Guru) as the means to reaching samadhi or spiritual liberation.