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Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c13.26

Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c13.26

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c13.26

According to some, his name implies his origin; because the formless creator from the sweat of his own breast created in Nepāl. One tradition shows him entering the country from Assam, another from Ceylon. But both of these traditions could indicate non-Buddhist origins. Still, Buddhist Tāntrism is older than the Hindu form and hails from eastern India.