The book
In Nepal, the holy land of Guru Gorakhnath Maharaj, in His own divine voice and by His utter grace Shri Gorakhnath Himself gave various teachings through Shri Babaji to Shri Sardar Kamalo (Shri Shastriji). Shri Gorakh revealed to Kamalo one great secret that, like a mantra, is the essence of innumerable teachings. That time suddenly He decided to reveal His divine secrets to seven Rishis present there, who were waiting blissfully. The Rishis were astonished when they heard his words, which fulfilled their lives.
Gorakhnath was a great yogi from Nepal, considered like Babaji, an embodiment of Lord Shiva. Famous both as a Guru and as ayurvedic physician, He wrote many treatises about meditation practices, Hatha Yoga and Tantra. Gorakhnath is one of the Nine Naths, the Immortal Masters who, like Babaji, can always take on a physical body, in one form or another.
Shri Babaji has used the language of the Sadhus and Saints of India, a poetical form of the acient Hindi: the transliteration into latin alphabet allows Western readers to learn its sound, because, as Shri Babaji says, by simply listening to these teachings one obtains liberation.
The author
Babaji, the mythical immortal yogi described by Yogananda in the 'Autobiography of a Yogi', considered the Master of masters by all those who met Him, passes on the secret teachings of Guru Gorakhnath, making us realize that He is one with Him.
Babaji
Gorakhvani
The Secrets of Guru Gorakhnath
in verses recited by Shri Hairakhan Babaji
translated by Gora Devi
Table of Contents
Cover
Introduction by Kamalo - Shri Shastriji
GORAKHVANI - The Secrets of Guru Gorakhnath
Chapter 1 - Kathmandu, Nepal, 24.08.1976
Chapter 2 - Kathmandu, Nepal, 25.08.1976
Chapter 3 - Kathmandu, Nepal, 26.08.1976
Chapter 4 - Kathmandu, Nepal, 28.08.1976
Chapter 5 - Kathmandu, Nepal, 29.08.1976
Chapter 6 - Kathmandu, Nepal, 30.08.1976
Chapter 7 - Kathmandu, Nepal, 31.08.1976
Chapter 8 - Dhanyan, Almora, India, 01.09.1976
Chapter 9 - Dhanyan, Ashram, Almora, 28.09.1976
Chapter 10 - Dhanyan, Almora, 29.09.1976
Chapter 11 - Dhanyan, Almora, 01.10.1976
Chapter 12 - Dhanyan, Almora, 02.10.1976
Chapter 13 - Hairakhan, Kurmanchal, India, 02.02.1977
„Jai jai Guru Gorakhtum ho Nathon ke Mahanath” Shri Guru Gorakhnath, Temple in Hairakhan, Kurmanchal, India.
Foreword by Gora Devi
At the end of the Seventies, in the warm winter mornings in Hairakhan Babaji used to read loud to me some verses from an ancient worn out big book that He kept in His room. They were the teachings that Guru Gorakhnath taught to the king Gopichand.
Gorakhnath was a great yogi from Nepal, considered, like Babaji, an incarnation of Lord Shiva. He was well-known as a Guru and as an ayurvedic doctor. He wrote many treaties in Hindi and Sanskrit languages about meditation practices, Hatha Yoga and Tantric philosophy. He taught mostly ascetics, that aspect of Yoga tending to renouncement and detachment from the world, based on practices of inner concentration. He founded and organized in India and Nepal the sect of the Naths, yogis who follow precise practices and disciplines. Gorakhnath is one of the Nine Naths, the Immortal Masters who, like Babaji, can take a physical body in one form or another at any time. Many of His temples and dhunies are in the same places where Babaji used to live: in Hairakhan, on Mount Kailash, in Almora, Ranikhet, Dhanyan. At the beginning of the Eighties Babaji built nine temples in Hairakhan: one of therm is dedicated to Guru Gorakhnath, with a statue of a handsome young ascetic absorbed in a deep meditation.
The book that Babaj read, or better sang to me in an ancient Hindi language, was about king Gopichand, who had left his kingdom and his two hundred queens to follow his Guru Gorakhnath renouncing everything. These verses were charming, also because recited by the sweet deep hoarse voice of Babaji. He called to listen with me a young Indian boy, Yogiji also called Yogi Jalendarnath, the name of a close disciple of Gorakhnath - who wrote some really beautiful
