Sayings of Gorakhnath
Annotated Translations from the Gorakh Bani
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 11 April 2019
- ISBN 9780199977673
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 246x160x17 mm
- Weight 476 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Sayings of Gorakhnath presents translations of the two largest sections of the Gorakh Bani, an important collection of medieval vernacular Indian texts attributed to the legendary guru Gorakhnath, founder of the influential order of the Nath yogis, who are credited with the development of hatha yoga.
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The medieval vernacular (non-Sanskrit) traditions of yoga represent an aspect of Hinduism that to date has received much less scholarly attention than classical and contemporary Hinduism. Gordan Djurdjevic here brings together a representative selection of medieval Hindi poetry attributed to the legendary guru Gorakhnath. Gorakhnath is famed as the founder of the influential order of the Nath yogis, who are credited with the development of hatha yoga. The poetry gathered in the collection, known as The Sayings of Gorakh Bani, reflects this worldview. Its major thematic concerns relate to the practice of yoga, engagement with the various chakras within the body, and the attempts to reverse the flow of seminal fluid, by which process yogis believe the state of immortality may be reached. These often-enigmatic texts on the one hand provide a criticism of religious authority based on bookish knowledge, while on the other hand they celebrate yogic engagement with the subtle body and its centers of occult energy and miraculous powers.
Sayings of Gorakhnath offers translations or the complete sabad and pad sections from the Gorakh Bani, the two largest sections in the collection. Some additional texts from the collection are also provided. Translations are preceded by an introduction and accompanied by notes, which contextualize and elucidate the subject matter.
This annotated English translation of the Gorakh Ban¯&ı unlocks the world of the subtle body and yogic philosophy that has been influencing people, ideas, and social structures for centuries. This is a world that would remain closed to a vast majority of people had the Sayings of Gorakhnat¯&h not so clearly and compellingly brought these challenging verses to the attention of the wider public.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Sayings of Gorakhnath
"Sabads"
"Pads"
"The Overview of Teaching"
"The String of Breaths"
"Instruction to a King"
"Self-Understanding"
"'Measure of Fearlessness' Yoga"
"Fifteen Days"
"Seven Days"
"Machindra's Instruction to Gorakh"
"A Line of Hair"
"The Ornament of Wisdom"
"The Five Measures"
Appendix: "The Victory of Goraksa"
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
