Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature c2.88

c2.88

(ii) The Final End of the Nāth Siddhas ... 250-63 [Immortality the general aim of Haṭha-yoga—*Jivan-mukti* or immortality in a perfect body is the final aim of the Nāth Siddhas—the ripe body and the unripe body—real significance of immortality—this truth demonstrated by the stories of Nāth literature—molestation of Yama by Gorakh—the significance of the story of the downfall of Mina-nāth—the original question of Gaurī to Śiva—the central point of the story of Māṇik-cānd—Mayanāmati’s control over death through Mahājñāna—the significance of the initiation of Mayanāmati by Gorakh into the secret yogic cult—Hāḍi-siddha’s control over death illustrated through various legends—the keynote of Gopi-cānd’s great renunciation—the quest of immortality—the difference in aim between the Nāth Siddhas and the Sahajiyās.]