Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c17.76

c17.76

Yoga finds its classical expression in the Sūtras of Patañjali, written somewhere between A.D. 300 and 500.³ The author was a compiler, a systematizer, rather than an original thinker. While the Sūtras may be interested in speculation as such, still, they are based upon methods of action, disciplined actions, with their concomitant supernatural powers associated with self-hypnotism and the like. The superior powers of the Yogī are simply those of attaining the highest goal, release,⁴ such powers as such being viewed as unworthy of the struggle.