02-04-2007, 11:46 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-06-2007, 09:56 PM by Hauma Hamiddha.)
gorakSha was the successor in the guru lineage of the great matsyendra. matsyendra is the Adi-guru the first promulgator of haTha yoga and the sarvAmnAya devI krama in this yuga. gorAkSha is recognized as a siddha throughout India and is well-known to anyone following the mantra mArga. It should be remembered that the king pR^ithivi nArAyaNa-shAha-deva the founder of modern Nepal was given dIkSha by a guru of the gorAkSha lineage and blessed that he would be a great conqueror (see my post in another thread). The gorakSha lineage helped in raising money for him to modernize his weaponry and army during his visit to Varanasi. It is also said that they gave him intelligence of the danger posed by the Christian missionaries, Britons and Moslesms. pR^ithivi-nArAyaNa drove out all missionaries from Nepal realizing their subversive danger. Ever since they have neither forgotten nor forgiven.