गोरक्ष समृद्धी

navnath bhaktisar and guru charitra

नवनाथ भक्तिसार ग्रंथ

The teachings of the Nath Sampradaya have, over the centuries, become labyrinthine in complexity and have assumed different forms in different parts of India. Some Gurus of the Sampradaya lay stress on bhakti, devotion; others on jnana, knowledge; still others on yoga, the union with the ultimate. In the fourteenth century we find Svatmarama Svami, the great Hathayogin, bemoaning ‘the darkness arising out of multiplicity of opinions’ to dispel which he lit the lamp of his famous work Hathayogapradipika. According to some learned commentators, the Nath Gurus propound that the entire creation is born out of nada (sound), the divine principle,

The "Navnath Bhaktisar" also known as the"Navnath pothi" narrates the Navnaths' births, their lives and deeds. It is written by Malu Narhari.The original text 'Kimayagaar' by Gorakhnath, one of the Navnath. According to Nath-devotees, all nine majesties in Nath community are the spiritual incarnations of Nav-narayans on behest of Lord Krishna.