Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c17.39
Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c17.39
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c17.39
Knowledge, however, probably refers to magical power, to the *Upaniṣadic* belief in the inherent power of *knowledge*, as such . . . The reason why they (the *Upanishads*) seek the ‘truth’, any truth, is precisely this: that by knowledge of the truth they expect to master their destiny wholly or partly; and not by a course of action dedicated by knowledge, but directly, immediately, and by virtue of that knowledge in itself; in brief, we may say, magically.⁷