{"id":995,"date":"2024-02-23T13:56:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T13:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=995"},"modified":"2024-02-23T13:56:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T13:56:09","slug":"how-some-natha-yogis-influenced-a-number-of-tantric-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=995","title":{"rendered":"How some N\u0101tha yogis influenced a number of Tantric schools."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The earliest N\u0101tha yogis<\/em> were associated with the K\u0101p\u0101likas<\/em>, I’ll give you one example. In Buddhism, there is a yogi who is known as K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47\u0101c\u0101rya<\/em>, and as K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47an\u0101th<\/em> in the N\u0101tha-samprad\u0101ya<\/em>, also Kanip\u0101n\u0101tha – K\u0101nhap\u0101<\/em>. He was a disciple of Jalandharn\u0101th<\/em>, who is famous among both N\u0101thas<\/em> and Vajray\u0101na Buddhists<\/em>. Both of them are included in the list of the Nine N\u0101thas<\/em> in Maharashtra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K\u0101nhap\u0101<\/em>\u00a0practised K\u0101p\u0101lika<\/em> s\u0101dhan\u0101s<\/em> also the Hevajra-tantra<\/em>. It is believed that the practice of tummo was received from him by Marpa<\/em>, then by Milarepa<\/em> and later by Na\u1e0dap\u0101da<\/em>, better known as Naropa<\/em>, who compiled his famous six yogas<\/em> based on tummo<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is believed that in the practice of tummo<\/em> or ca\u1e47\u1e0d\u0101l\u012b<\/em>, which is actually ku\u1e47\u1e0dalini-yoga<\/em>, an important element is karma-mudr\u0101<\/em>, a practice, similar to V\u0101m\u0101c\u0101ra maithuna<\/em> in kaulism<\/em>. This method allows you to sublimate the sexual fire into the inner fire of ku\u1e47\u1e0dalini<\/em> or ca\u1e47\u1e0d\u0101l\u012b<\/em>. Other yogas<\/em>, such as yoga<\/em> of light, yoga<\/em> of dreams, etc. develop from this practice of inner yoga<\/em>. But the main purpose of tummo<\/em> is to awaken within oneself a state of bliss and emptiness, which ultimately leads to the level of mah\u0101-mudr\u0101<\/em>, also known as Dzogchen. These highest levels of practice may vary among different teachers and Vajray\u0101na<\/em> lineages. In the N\u0101thas<\/em>\u2019 texts, namely the Akulav\u012bratantra<\/em>, the Amanaska Yoga<\/em>, etc., this state is called sahaj\u0101nanda<\/em>. Obviously, at some stage, those ancient yogis<\/em> borrowed terms from each other, actually, Vajray\u0101na<\/em> was called “Sahajayana<\/em>“, although Vajray\u0101na<\/em> indicates an indestructible state realised in the vajra-n\u0101\u1e0d\u012b<\/em> through the basic practice of tummo<\/em> (ku\u1e47\u1e0dalini-j\u0101gara\u1e47<\/em>). Sahaja<\/em> means \u201cto be together with the innate,\u201d which, according to one interpretation, is the joint fusion of male and female bindus<\/em> in the sahasr\u0101ra-cakra<\/em>. Actually, this is the practice that in Buddhism is called Dzogchen, which, according to one interpretation, is an analogue of mah\u0101bindu<\/em>. The essence of Dzogchen\/Mah\u0101mudr\u0101<\/em> practices is staying in your natural perfect state, known among the N\u0101thas<\/em> as sahajananda<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later these methods were adopted by the Sahajiya<\/em> Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas<\/em>, their methods were very similar to the methods of tantric<\/em> yoga<\/em> of the N\u0101thas<\/em> and Vajray\u0101na<\/em>, however, with the arrival of the British, many Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas<\/em> Sahajiya<\/em> gurus<\/em> in Bengal went underground. These practices are already considered secret, but the Puritan British (at that time) further influenced the secrecy of these traditions. Instead, some Indian Westernised gurus<\/em>, such as Bhaktivinoda<\/em> \u1e6ch\u0101kur<\/em> and others, were forced to create “refined” forms of Vai\u1e63\u1e47avism<\/em>, which later came to America and other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India changed a lot with the arrival of the British, it became much more difficult to identify authentic yoga<\/em>, authentic learning in Tantrism, etc. This is all seriously complicated by the fact that most Indian gurus<\/em> are trying to Westernise. You will find a huge amount of such yoga<\/em> in touristic places. Often, even in the Traditions themselves, with the ancient lineage, not all gurus<\/em> want to seriously teach someone, but even less of their Western \u201cdisciples\u201d are ready to fully study. Therefore, many of gurus<\/em> think, \u201cI will earn money at least, then life will show whether appear anyone, who can be taught seriously or not.\u201d Again, someone who has realised himself in s\u0101dhan\u0101<\/em>, can teach with sufficient spiritual purity, but most teachers often try to teach without strong experience in s\u0101dhan\u0101<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have described the situation very briefly without touching on many other details, that I would draw the attention of those who are looking for\u00a0the basics of authentic tantric yoga<\/em>. But, even this can help in the search for those, who have sufficiently serious motivation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The earliest N\u0101tha yogis were associated with the K\u0101p\u0101likas, I’ll give you one example. In Buddhism, there is a yogi who is known as K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47\u0101c\u0101rya, and as K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47an\u0101th in the N\u0101tha-samprad\u0101ya, also Kanip\u0101n\u0101tha – K\u0101nhap\u0101. He was a disciple of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[287,86,288],"tags":[291,202,289,290,294,293,292],"class_list":["post-995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kualini-yoga","category-natha-sadhana","category-tummo","tag-caali","tag-karma-mudra","tag-kaulism","tag-kualini-2","tag-natha-sampradaya-2","tag-sahajananda","tag-vajrayana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":996,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995\/revisions\/996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}