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From: [email protected]: Adinatha FaqDate: Fri, 18 Mar
1994 19:20:44 +0000~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ADINATHA FAQ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Contents~~~~~~~~1. Questions & Answers2. Substance of a talk
not given at Talking Stick 19943. Bibliography4. Chapter from
Brihad Nila Tantra on Kali5. Contacts
Section 1~~~~~~~~~Q: What does Adinatha mean?
A: The Sanskrit word Adinatha means 'Primordial Lord'. It isone
of many subsects of the heterodox Natha tradition.
The Adinath Sampradaya is a tantrik sect of yogis affiliated
withthe greater Natha tradition founded by Gorakhnath and
Matsyendranath.These two individuals are revered by Tibetan Lamaism
as Mahasiddhas(great magicians) and credited with great powers.
According to George Feuerstein's Textbook of Yoga
(ISBN009-124030),"The natha siddhas...deserve to be singled out for
separatetreatment by virtue of their enormous influence on the
developmentof yoga...the nathas have gone their own ways and
evolvedmany new, original theories and yogic techniques. These
areembodied in Hathayoga, also called hatha vidya or the 'scienceof
force' which is a direct continuation of the kaya sadhanaof the
earlier siddhas."
The Nathas are connected with an earlier alchemical
traditionknown as Rasayana and with the Siddhas and the
Kapalikas.However, two figures stand out in the history of the
Nathas,Matsyendranath and
Gorakhnath.------------------------------------------------------------------Q:
Who was Matsyendranath?
A: Matsyendranath (aka Macchagnanath) (circa 900 A.D.)
He is associated with the foundation of the Kaula school
oftantra. In a list of the gurus associated with the worship(puja)
of the Goddess Kali, his name, along with his disciple
Gorakhnatha, features prominently.
In the Kaulajnananirnaya Tantra (characteristics of Kaula
knowledge),the god Shiva describes the self as one who is
eternal,without decay and impurity. All that is created
comesthrough the three Shaktis (female energies) of Iccha
(Will),Jnana (Knowledge) and Kriya (Action). There are eight
basicmantras and these, through their combination, give birthto 64
Yoginis (female yogis), which are in the eight chakras.
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The Natha, being free, may behave like a child, a madman, aking,
a hero or a naked person. He or she can do whatsoeveris willed
(Sveccha -- according to own will). The rootof freedom is the
mantra Hamsa uttered 21600 times a day withthe breath.
In Nepal, Matsyendranath is accorded great honour and
identifiedwith Avalokiteshvara, seated on the Mount Potala. He is
stillto this day worshipped as the Red Lokeshvara of Bugama. Saidto
have revealed the Kaula knowledge on an island calledChandradvipa,
he then imparted it to others at Kamarupa inAssam.
The Shabara Tantra describes him as one of the 12 KapalikaGurus,
renowned as a knower of yoga. In the lists of theSiddhas of Tibetan
Lamaism, Matsyendranath is accorded
firstplace.----------------------------------------------------------------Q:
Who was Gorakhnatha?A: Gorakhnatha (aka Gorakshanatha)
Gorakhnath, the disciple of Matsyendranath, is credited withthe
foundation of Laya or Kundalini Yoga and Hatha Yoga. Heis also
revered by many of the Natha subsects as their founder.
Such sects are called Kanphata (split ear) after their
initiationrite in which the ear cartilage was cut to allow the
insertion oflarge wooden rings.
Both Gorakhnath and Matsyendranath are credited withfantastic
powers and magical ability. The Gurkhas, famed inbattle for their
heroism, worship Gorakhnath as a god and hehas many centres of
worship in
Nepal.-----------------------------------------------------------------Q:
Who was Dadaji?A: Mahendranath (aka Dadaji) 1911-1992
Mahendranath (Dadaji), the 23rd Adiguru (chief guru) of
theAdinathas, was born in London in April 1911. From his early
youthhe had a deep interest in the spiritual systems of the world
andin his twenties knew Aleister Crowley, meeting himafter the
infamous Justice Swift libel case.
Crowley advised the young seeker to learn about thepatterns of
the East. But the Spanish Civil War, in whichDadaji fought in the
International Bridge, and then thesecond world war, intervened.
It was 1949 before he left the shores of Britain to
arrivepenniless in Bombay. Here he was introduced to his guru
in
the Natha tradition and initiated as a sadhu (holy man).A sadhu
may make only three demands -- for shelter theshade of a tree; for
clothing rags and for food leftover scraps.
In this the sadhus emulate the guru figure of all
India,Dattatreya. He (see below) is the legendary founder
andguardian spirit of many if not most of the Natha subsects.
For the next 30 years Dadaji wandered south east Asia asa
penniless sannyasi. His travels took him to Bhutan
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where he received initiation as a lama of the Kargyupta
Sect;Malaysia, where he became a Taoist priest and studied theI
Ching; Ceylon where he was for a time a bhikkhu ofTheravada
Buddhism; and Thailand where he lives as a hermit.He was also
initiated into the Uttara Kaula tantrik sectand the Sahajiya cult
of
Varanasi.---------------------------------------------------------------Q:
Who is Dattatreya?A: The guru figure of India is Dattatreya and he
is connectedabidingly with the origins of the Natha cults. He is,
accordingto many Hindu sources, credited the honour of founding
Tantra.
Neither Datta nor the Nathas were in any way thought of
asorthodox according to the Brahminical or Vedic
ideologies.Dattatreya is often pictured naked, sitting in embrace
with abeautiful Shakti (female energy), drinking wine and
eatinghog's flesh and dwelling in the centre of a cremation
ground.
Often Dattatreya is honoured through his padukas or sandals.
Heis said to have achieved enlightenment under the tree
calledUdumbar. A set of 1000 names hymns him as the Adinatha, the
lordof Yoga and the lord of Nathas. He is always portrayed nakedand
associated with the aboriginal and hill tribes. In theDattatreya
Upanishad he is described as Madman, Child, Flesh
Eater.Dattatreya is pictured with three heads representing
theHindu trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. He is
alwaysaccompanied by one or more
dogs.----------------------------------------------------------------
Q: Do the Adinathas still exist?
A: The Nathas is a living group and the Adinath tradition
continues.The following is a statement from Lokanath Maharaj.
"I was initiated into the Adinath Sampradaya at the spring
equinox in
1978 by HH Shri Gurudev Mahendranath (Dadaji), who bestowed on
me the lineof succession (parampara) of that group. His guru was HH
ShriLokanath Maharaj of Uttara Kashi (Himachel Pradesh).
"Dadaji was keen that the wisdom of the Nathas should have wider
exposurethan just the subcontinent of India and when I returned
tothe UK from India I initiated several people as
Adinathas.-----------------------------------------------------------
Q: What is AMOOKOS
A: AMOOKOS stands for the Arcane Magical Order of theKnights of
Shambhala. Lokanath Maharaj started this organisation in 1982.
Dadaji came to London in 1981 and stayed with an Indianfamily
for about 18 months. During this period he encouragedme to compile
some grade papers for an organisationwhich would act as a training
ground for would-be magicians.
These papers, which Lokanath wrote and which Dadaji read and
gavehis enthusiastic support to, became the basis for the
groupcalled the Arcane Magical Order of the Knights ofShambhala
(AMOOKOS).
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Subsequently some were publishedin Mandrake's book, "AMOOKOS
Magick" which I wrote.Over the next four or five years,
international membershipof AMOOKOS grew to over 200 individuals,
with several charteredto start lodges of their own. Although
structured innine "degrees", in reality the grade papers
extendedonly up to the fifth degree.
One prominent member of AMOOKOS was Donald Michael Kraig,who ran
a lodge in California in the 1980s.
The material published in AMOOKOS Magick was originallypresented
to individuals for training purposes. Much ofthe material is
tantrik but presented in the English languagefor clarity and to
avoid Indian words and jargon.
After people had successfully completed three of the degrees,I
felt the individuals could discard the paraphernalia.Every
individual who was initiated also became an initiate ofthe Adinatha
sect.
Anyone duly initiated into AMOOKOS in the past is a fullyfledged
Natha and she or he has the right to think for herself
or himself. In our group we had a wide cross spectrum ofpeople
with varied and different interests. It was my hopethat sufficient
people would work on themselves and, in duecourse, cause the
flowering of different schools, each perhapsdiffering in their aims
and approaches but still working towardsthe same
goals.--------------------------------------------------------------Q:
What is initiation?
A: If anyone seeks initiation as a Natha, there are plenty
ofindividuals who can bestow it. Initiation, of itself,doesn't in
our view, mean anything. Unless people makeconscious efforts to
fight their own conditioning and to wake up,
the Natha view is that the initiation, by itself, is
meaningless.-----------------------------------------------------------------
Q: What are the aims of the Adinathas?
A: The Kularnava Tantra, one of the highest andbest of all the
tantrik texts, makes this clear.
"Old age prowls like a tiger; age diminishes like water in
abroken pot. So as long as this body exists, a person
shouldearnestly devote himself towards the exploration of the
ultimate truth."
"In the various worldly pursuits, time flies unnoticed.
Involved in his pleasures and his pains, the individualremains
unaware of his self interests."
"This world plunged as it is in the fathomless ocean of time,an
individual does not recognise the lurking crocodiles ofdeath,
disease and old age."
"Therefore do today what is required to be done tomorrow.Do in
the morning what is meant to be done in the afternoon,because death
waits not to see what is done or not done."
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"If people could get liberated by smearing themselves withdust
and ashes, are all the country folk, who live amidst dustand ashes
liberated?"
"Goddess, parrots and mynah birds recite beforepeople sacred
words with delight. Are they to be regarded asgreat scholars from
such talk?"
"Animals like pigs bear the winter cold and summer heat and
forthem food fit or unfit is alike, are they Yogis thereby?"
"Lady of the clans, such privations and self denials areonly for
deceiving the world while direct knowledge of truthalone is the
means for
liberation."-------------------------------------------------------------
Q: What do the Adinathas believe?
A: The Nathas aim to know, rather than to believe.Within every
man and woman is the hidden but radiant andself shining being. To
call it by any name is to lessen it.
A human being is already accomplished, a yogi or yogini.
It is conditioning and other factors which prevent this
fromshining forth.
The Nathas are yogis and yoginis. In each individualShiva and
Shakti co-exist in equipoise. When they unite,the resulting bliss
lights up the physio-psychologicalcomplex which is the
Universe.
Much of the alchemy the Nathas used was based on theproposition
that Breath is Time. According to the Nathas,a human being breathes
21,600 times during a 24 hour day.Half of these breaths are Sun
(Shiva) breaths and half are Moon (Shakti)breaths. The outbreathing
is Ha and the inbreathing Sa. This
is the so-called involuntary mantra HamSah. One who has
unitedthe Solar and Lunar breaths is a Paramahamsa (beyond
Hamsa).
These 21600 breaths are also related to the 21600 seconds ofthe
zodiac arc. The breath is affected by time and by variouscosmic
phenomena, inherent at breath. This is the Kalachakraor wheel of
Time. The Natha aims to fight conditioning and tobecome free from
Time.-------------------------------------------------------------
Q: What is Svecchacharya?
A: It's a Sanskrit compound word which means the path
of acting according to one's own will -- in other words
independently.
According to Natha teaching, a human being has threeenergies or
Shaktis called Iccha (Will), Jnana (Knowledge)and Kriya (Action).
When these function together a personhas full access to all other
energies and is the Fourth.
This is sometimes symbolised by a downward pointingtriangle with
a dot in the centre.
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"Meditate in your heart lotus that in the centre of the oceanof
nectar is a raised island. In the woodland of Aeon treesthere is a
beautiful canopy made of nine rubies. Under it isa throne fashioned
from nine jewels. On that throne, on atriangular seat within a
lotus is Lord Shiva and Goddess Ambikaornamented with the Moon and
the Sun forming one half of hisbody. Beautiful as 10s of millions
of gods of love, and youngas a sixteen year old, She-He smiles.
He-She wears celestialclothes, ornaments and garlands of flowers
and Her-His bodyis smeared with sandal paste. She-He has 3 eyes and
is alwaysblissful" (Kularnava Tantra pp85-86)
Lokanatha Maharaj
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Section 2~~~~~~~~~Substance of talk Mike Magee never got round
to making, because ofsickness, at the Talking Stick conference,
London 1994
I founded AMOOKOS in 1982 and I'm billed today as speaking about
it.But I'd like to go a bit further back than that because
AMOOKOS,which stands for the Arcane Magical Order of the Knights of
Shambhala,originated from simple minded people called the
Nathas.
It's completely impossible to understand AMOOKOS unlessyou go to
the fountain which gave birth to it -- this ancient
andstraightforward cult called the Nathas.
You can tell how simple minded they were because thefounder of
the group, born in around 900AD in Bengal, was a fisherman.And his
disciple was a street cleaner. Other prominent memberswere water
carriers. Class prejudice never had a part in the
tradition -- all, whatever colour, sex or class --
wereconsidered equal.
Yet founded 1000 years ago, apparently in Bengal, their attitude
to lifeinfluenced major religious movements including
Sikhism,followers of Vishnu and many other clans throughout the
subcontinent.
The Nathas, despite these religious affiliations,were, above
all, yogis and yoginis. They have a vast literatureand their
original ideas were borrowed by many otherreligious cults.
Despite this, the Naths -- rather refreshingly -- had a
simple approach to life. For example, they fomented the1st
Indian War of Independence which the British Rajdubbed the Indian
Mutiny. That was in 1857.A whole 150 years or so later, not that
much has changed in the world.Part of their tradition was to feed
the needy and they hadmonasteries which distributed food daily to
the poor.
According to the primary text of the Fisher Nath, the Kaula
JnanaNirnaya (Characteristics of Kaula Knowledge) ahuman being has
characteristics which cannot be removed
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from him or her -- despite the conditioning human societyplaces
on people. Bhairava -- another name for themale aspect Shiva --is
talking to Bhairavi -- anothername for the female Shakti.
She asks him, in common language, what life isreally all about.
How, for example, does a human beingarise, she says. What is its
real nature? What is itscolour and where does it live?
Shiva answers in a strange way. He says a human beingis supreme,
whole, eternal, and stainless. He says aperson is the ultimate
atomic particle. He says a humanbeing is the breath, the mind, and
the intellect.In short, he ends, it's everything.
It relates to shamanism and to every other manifestation
offreedom which has ever shown itself on the face of ourlittle
corner of the universe.
Shakti gets a bit cheesed off listening to Shiva talking aftera
while and says there are three kinds of Shaktis. She,she says, is
all three. These three kinds, welearn from her, relate to the Moon,
to the Sun and to the
mixture of both Moon and Sun.She, however, describes herself as
the Flier in Space,the Khagaja. She is crystal in colour, wears
pearls andhas a white mark on her forehead. She can go
wheresoevershe pleases and do whatsoever she wills by the power of
will.
Shiva, it seems, has similar characteristics. He is a white
moundof ash, he is the crystal light which permeates the
universe,he has no qualities but at the same time has all
qualities.
What about the path of doing things according to one's own
Will?It turns out that both Shakti and Shiva have strong opinions
about this.
One should abandon duality, they think. Whosoever is alwaysnon
dual knows success. Shakti says that the perfect way tobe is to be
yourself. Surprisingly, for a man, Shiva agrees.
Tha Nathas loved red. The reason? Well both magicians
andmagicianesses, according to the text, are very pleased with
thecolour red. They seem to like blood.
In fact red is style with the Nathas and the members of
AMOOKOS.Although there are no rules about diet in AMOOKOS nor in
theNatha tradition, apparently eating anything is OK.
The best food, the Nathas say, is eaten out of the skull of a
Brahmin.Once you've eaten that, you can throw all sorts of salad
dishesinto the middle of the skull and scoff it with a thighbone
spoon.
So what happens if you become a person in whom Shiva and
Shatkiare unified? The many answers from the Fisher Nath appearto
suggest that too many miracles to speak of are the result.
You can see at a distance. You can hear at a distance.You
conquer old age. Any wrinkles you might have
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disappear almost immediately you concentrate hard on themilk
white ocean which nourishes you.
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Section 3~~~~~~~~~Translation of chapter 13 of the BrihadNila
Tantra, dealing specifically with the worship (puja)
ofMahakali.
It covers meditation and the vira sadhana (heroic worship)
ofMahakali. It also outlines the principles of Svecchacharya(the
path of acting according to one's will) which is centralto the
Kaula school of tantra.
On Kali (Brihadnila Tantra 13)
Sri Bhairava said: Now I speak of the supreme mantra of
Mahakali,bestowing all poesy. Listen attentively, O Maheshani.She
is the primordial one, Prakriti, the beautiful woman,the primordial
knower, with kalas, the Fourth, the ultimate mother,the boon giver,
the desirable one, the lady of heroes,
the giver of success to sadhakas.She, the primordial one,
Mahaprakriti, Kali, the true form of time,whose great mantra of all
mantras is the ocean of mantra,she alone gives all success to a
sadhaka who wants it.The destroyer of anxiety, giving boons, seated
on a corpse,gives all desires, O Devi, and creates all marvels.In
this matter, purification of mind and determinationas to defects or
enmity in a mantra are unnecessary.In sadhana with this great
mantra, there are norestrictions as to time, nor day, lunar mansion
orobstacles caused by lunar mansions and so forth.Nor in Mahakali's
sadhana is it necessary to consider guru.
Listen, Vararoha, to the all-poesy bestowing mantra.Two Hrims
and two Hums, followed by three Krims and Dakshine Kalike,then
pronouncing the previous bija mantras in reverse order,putting in
front of it Om and Svaha last, is themantra of twenty three
syllables, the ultimately beautiful mantra.Using this king of
mantras causes a person to become like Shiva,there is no doubt of
it.Bhairava is the rishi of the mantra, Ushnik is the
metre,Mahakali is the Devi and Hrim is the seed. Hum is the Shakti
andits application is well known. Vararohe, listen to the
meditation.Reciting it gives siddhi, its practice gives the power
of attraction,and it causes pashus to become viras.
I worship the greatly beautiful one, with limbs the colour
ofthunderclouds, who is naked and sits on the corpse of Shiva,who
has three eyes and earrings made of the bones of two younghandsome
boys, who is garlanded with skulls and flowers.In her lower left
and upper right hands she holds a man's headand a sword, her other
two hands bestowing boons and banishing fear.Her hair is greatly
dishevelled. Using this meditation, worshipand satisfy the
Paramesvari.
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Listen, beauteous one, to the Gayatri, which gives all
knowledgewhen recited. Saying Kalikayai and vidmahe, then
sayshmashanavasinyai dhimahi, and then tanno ghore pracodayat.Devi,
after reciting it twenty times, it is the giver of all
prosperity.Recite it 20,000 times to achieve success in its
preparation.Do homa of a tenth part, oblation of a tenth part of
that, andabhiseka of a tenth part of that. Then feed Brahmanas.Do
everything necessary within the sadhana, then dismissDevi and throw
the pot into water.
I speak now of the great ritual which bestows both the
visibleand the invisible. Mantras become successful using this
rite, whichis to be performed in the first or third watch at night,
and arepowerless otherwise.O Mahesvari, do vira sadhana in a house,
or elsewhere on earth.Make a small platform strewn with bunches of
plantain leaves andplace on this a pot smeared with vermilion. In
the pot placemango shoots and wine made of khadira blossoms, as
well as asvatthaand badari leaves. Also place in the pot pearl,
gold, silver, coraland crystal and then strive to accomplish vira
sadhana.
Draw a matrika cakra, placing the pot on top of it. A mantrin
shouldput it on a cloth, facing the northern direction. After
worshippingwith various substances, one should offer food, unguent,
mutton
and the most attractive sorts of food. Then, O Devi, offer curd
tothe great goddess.
Have there a young and beautiful girl, adorned with various
jewels.After combing her hair, give her tambula and draw two Hrims
onher breasts, Aim on or near her mouth, and draw two Klims
oneither side of her yoni. Drawing her towards you by her
hair,caress her breasts and then place the linga into her yoni
pot,O pure smiling one. Recite the mantra 1,000 times, O sweet
faced one.Dearest, one becomes accomplished by doing the rite for a
week.Maheshani, recite the mantra not in the manner written of in
books,but in her yoni. This brings mantra siddhi, there is no doubt
of it.So, Devi, the secret thing giving all desires has been
declared to you.
One should not reveal it, one should never reveal it,
Maheshani.
O Naganandini, at the risk of your life, never reveal it. It is
thegiver of all siddhi. I cannot speak of the magnificence of this
mantra.Had I ten thousand million mouths and ten thousand million
tongues,I could still not speak of it, O Paramesvari.
It is the most secret thing in the three worlds, very hard to
obtain,the great pitha Kamarupa, giving the fruit of all
desires.Maheshani, reciting in this way gives endless fruit, if,by
the power of good fortune one attains this pitha.O Maheshani, after
reciting the mantra there, it gives endless fruit.Bhairavi, siddhi
resides in that high place (described in) this
tantra, without doubt.
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Section 4~~~~~~~~~References~~~~~~~~~~Amoral Way of Wizardry,
The, Dadaji, Tryckt I Sverige 1992. Aninvaluable collection of
Dadaji's writing including photographs,
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notes, and his major works including Levogyrate Tantra,The
Magnum Opus of Twilight Yoga, Prophetikos. Also includesthe Charter
of AMOOKOS and his decision to appoint LokanathMaharaj as holder of
the parampara (line of Adinatha
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Magazine, Issues 12-24, edited by Mike Magee,
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Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol XII,
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The mostimportant source text for the Kaula and Natha
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Tantra, Todala Tantra and other newer
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Matrikabhedatantram & its Alchemical Ideas, Subharayapa
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1891------------------------------------------------------------------------Vamakeshvara
Tantra, translated by Michael Magee. Prachya Prakashan,Varanasi,
1989------------------------------------------------------------------------Yogis
of Bengal, The, R.G.Nath, Calcutta
1909------------------------------------------------------------------------Yoni
Tantra, The. English translation by Lokanath Maharaj. Thisfile may
be FTP'd from Lysator.Liu.Se. I hope to deposit the
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8/13/2019 Adi Natha
12/12
grade papers of AMOOKOS on the net also.
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