Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c6.80
Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c6.80
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c6.80
When the wounds have healed, the Yogī resumes his sacred thread, smears his body with ashes, and appears before his guru. From now on, he will ‘remember’ his teacher twice daily and appear before him. Ear-rings of clay, weighing about one-fourth of a pound, are now put on, the mantra, ‘Om svāham,’ being used.⁵ In some parts of India the rings are of lacquered earthenware. After a period varying from fifteen to twenty, or forty days, or a year, rings of some other substance may be substituted for those of clay.⁶