Thursday, April 16, 2015

JALANDHARA NATH

About Jalandhar-nath it is known that he was Mahasiddha yogi and direct disciple of Śiva, some says he was Śiva himself (who entered into the dead body liying on cemetry). Also he is known in different traditions under different names as Jalandharipa, Haddipa, Haddipad, Hallipad, Jalandarpad and so on. Also he appearing in the both lineages of transmission, in the Shaiva Natha tradition of Hinduism, and in the Tantric Buddhist tradition of Tibet. With his name traditionally connected the practice of Jalandhara-bandha and the invention of Hevajra tantra, it is told that he was the author of few booksŚuddhivajra pradīp (the commentary on Hevajra Tantra), Hevajra-sadhana (the commentary on Hevajra Tantra). He was the great practitioner of the Tantric yoga and in the course of his practice he has acquired miraculous yogic powers, and control over life and death. In some versions of the story about the king Gopichand, he appears as demonstrating his fierce temperament.

 In accordance with Tibetan tradition he was born in the some village named Nagarbhog, in one Brahmins family. From yong age he was disappointed with world or samsara (the world of mundan existense). Once he was sitting on the shmashan and thinking about non-permanence of life. At that moment he was approached by one Dakini , who told him, that one must keep own mind pure and clean. She initiated him into the Great path of Yoga, by which liberation is achieved, and supernatural powers could be acquired. She called it “Hevajra tantra marg”. Under her guidance he became absorbed in the difficult sadhana. After seven ears of practice, he has reached desired perfection in his practices. He widely traveled in India for propagating yoga and dharma, and many places of the country are connected with his name. The most well known events of his life have happened when he reached the place where raja Manikchand was living.

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