Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c7.34

c7.34

While the regulation that Yogīs who marry are not allowed to live in a monastery is not universally enforced, still, in many places gṛhastas are allowed neither to live at nor to eat in the monastery. At Tulsipur a well-known gṛhasta had his house, where (1924) he lived with his wife, adjoining the grounds of the monastery at Devī Pātan. Yogīs who marry are held in contempt by others, and, in some instances have to pay a fine before they are permitted to smoke with celibates.³ Married Yogīs continue to wear the ear-rings, the sacred thread, the clothes and other articles of the sect, and they may continue to practise Yoga.