Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c17.52

c17.52

dealt exclusively with Yoga discipline with little or no reference to Sāṅkhya metaphysics . . . all busy in describing the Yoga physiology and the practical methods of attaining concentration. In these the philosophical aspect has been largely subordinated to the elaborate physical processes of Yoga, which began to grow almost independently of Patañjali's treatment of the subject, and were accepted and assimilated later on by the sectarian schools of the Śāktas, Śaivas and also by some later schools of Buddhism.⁵