SUMMARIES OF THE IMPORTANT TEXTS,
WITH SOME CRITICAL NOTES.
1. SIDDHA-SIDDHANTA-PADDHATI.
This MS. has the name of Sree Gorakhnath in the colophon of each chapter called Upadesa. The work is written in couplets and there are six Upadesas. Quotations are made from various texts of the Natha Yogis, and the following subjects are treated :-
Upadesa I. - Origin of the body: -- पिण्डोत्पत्तिः
Upadesa II. - Discussion of the body : पिण्डविचारः
Upadesa III. - Knowledge of the body: पिण्डसंवित्तिः
Upadesa IV. - The foundation of the body : पिण्डाधारः
Upadesa V - The Union of the body with the Supreme Reality: - पिण्डपदयोः समरसकरणम्
Upadesa VI. - The definition of an Avadhuta Yogi: - अवधूतयोगीलक्षणम्
Summary of Upadesa I.
The Natha Yogis believe that in truth there is no such thing as Creation; yet for human conception this work deals with it. The Supreme Reality evolves Itself through six stages into a material organism, known as Creation or सृष्टिः. But the Supreme Reality which is called Anama, i.e., the Nameless One, has by itself no power of Creation; it is Sakti, the Prime Power, which is at the basis of Creation, working with its five evolutes निजा, परा, अपरा, सूक्ष्मा and कुण्डली. Anama is the noumenal aspect, while Sakti is the phenomenal aspect of world activity. Each is powerless to create, without the help of the other. (This Anama, also known as Parampada, remains for ever complete or पूर्ण inspite of creation with its help. Anama is in other words the Infinite; so it is like subtracting infinity from infinity, the result being infinity).
Now each of the six pindas or bodies through which the Anama evolves itself, has five factors, and each factor has five quaJities. Thus each Pinda has twenty-five qualities, known as Tattvas.
The six stages through which one has to pass are known as Para, Anadi, Adi, Mahasakara, Prakrti and Garbha pindas.
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