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Foreword by Gora Devi

At the end of the Seventies, in the warm winter mornings in Hairakhan Babaji used to read loud to me some verses from an ancient worn out big book that He kept in His room. They were the teachings that Guru Gorakhnath taught to the king Gopichand.

Gorakhnath was a great yogi from Nepal, considered, like Babaji, an incarnation of Lord Shiva. He was well-known as a Guru and as an ayurvedic doctor. He wrote many treaties in Hindi and Sanskrit languages about meditation practices, Hatha Yoga and Tantric philosophy. He taught mostly ascetics, that aspect of Yoga tending to renouncement and detachment from the world, based on practices of inner concentration. He founded and organized in India and Nepal the sect of the Naths, yogis who follow precise practices and disciplines. Gorakhnath is one of the Nine Naths, the Immortal Masters who, like Babaji, can take a physical body in one form or another at any time. Many of His temples and dhunies are in the same places where Babaji used to live: in Hairakhan, on Mount Kailash, in Almora, Ranikhet, Dhanyan. At the beginning of the Eighties Babaji built nine temples in Hairakhan: one of therm is dedicated to Guru Gorakhnath, with a statue of a handsome young ascetic absorbed in a deep meditation.

The book that Babaj read, or better sang to me in an ancient Hindi language, was about king Gopichand, who had left his kingdom and his two hundred queens to follow his Guru Gorakhnath renouncing everything. These verses were charming, also because recited by the sweet deep hoarse voice of Babaji. He called to listen with me a young Indian boy, Yogiji also called Yogi Jalendarnath, the name of a close disciple of Gorakhnath - who wrote some really beautiful devotional songs in Pahari language, the dialect of the mountains in Northern India.

At the end of the Seventies, in the warm winter mornings in Hairakhan Babaji used to read loud to me some verses from an ancient worn out big book..... Shri Babaji, Gora Devi, Shri Shastriji in Hairakhan, 1977.

I was wondering why Babaji called just me to listen to these words, until He told me that in one of my previous lifetimes I was with Gorakhnath. He told me to sit in meditation inside the temple of Gorakhnath in Hairakhan, and on another occasion He sent me to meditate in the dhuni of Gorakhnath at Dhanyan, on the mountains near Almora.

I felt also that Babaji was thus showing me what would have been my way: a yogic path of detachment and meditation, a hard path that He conferred only to a few people. In fact He said that during this Kali Yuga it is very difficult to practice inner concentration, because in this period of decay man's mind is stressed since the very first day of birth and never finds peace: so the most effective practice is that of Karma Yoga, action dedicated to the Divine. Gorakhnath represents the faraway dream of a mythical time when the ascetics spent their life in meditation in the forests and on the snowy peaks of the Himalayas, lost in mystic love, intoxicated by the light and the visions of God. This dream has always been mine, since the first day when I left for India in search of my Master.

On a summertime in Hairakhan eventually it happened that I found a book in English with many quotations from the scripts by Gorakhnath: I read and copied it more than once, impressed by its depth.

It was a treatise of philosophy about the origin of the world and of the mental mechanisms, about the eternal play of Shiva-Shakti, the great Lord of the universe and His inseparable Spouse, the infinite cosmic Energy. Also precise instructions about the use of mantras and breathe were given. The following year I went to visit Shastriji, the old sage and master who for fourteen years was the inseparable disciple and priest of Babaji. Suddenly, and without any request of mine, he took out of a shelf some old dusty copybooks, his diaries of the times with Babaji, and started to read them to me. I was stunned, because they were precisely the teachings of the great Guru Gorakhnath.

Shri Hairakhan Babaji in meditation, 1972.

As Shri Krishna gave His divine teachings to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita, so Shri Hairakhan Babaji Maharaji gave His priceless teachings to His beloved disciple Vishnu Datt Shastri. He poured His limitless grace upon him, calling him by different loving names, such as Kamalo, Flower Fakir, etc. In 1976 Shastriji had traveled with Babaji in Nepal: during that journey Babaji started to recite some verses in the ancient language of the sadhus and yogis of India. On that occasion Babaji told him that Guru Gorakhnath was speaking through Him, actually making us understand that the great Yogi and Himself are One. Babaji gave this knowledge also to seven people present at that time, calling them 'The Seven Rishis', thus fulfilling their spiritual quest.

I copied out every verse that Shastriji recited, drinking up each and every syllable. A couple of times I saw tears in Shastriji's eyes and I also cried, because the sound of those words evoked in us the presence of our beloved Babaji and of His precious voice.

Shastriji called this script "Gorakhvani" - The Words Of Gorakhnath that are like divine nectar, the essence of the yogic instructions of Babaji. These are the highest yogic instructions by Lord Shiva Himself.

Here Babaji repeats sometimes that these teachings are to be kept secret: they are not for everyone, because only a few will be able to understand them, or even to have will to listen.

I copied out every verse that Shastriji recited, drinking up each and every syllable... Shri Shastriji and Gora Devi translate Gorakhvani, Rajgarh, 1997.

Now Shastriji feels that it's time to reveal them to a larger public. Apparently these instructions are very simple, but practicing them is maybe the most difficult thing in the world.

Essentially they express this only message: the only real thing is the Name of the Lord, all the rest is illusion and impermanence.

I personally want to thank Shastriji a thousand times for having allowed me to have access to and translate this work with him, spending a blissful time at his feet in Rajgarh.

Bhole Baba ki Jai! Gaura Devi

Shri Babaji used the language spoken by sadhus and saints all over India and Nepal, a poetic form of the ancient Hindi. The teachings have been given in form of verses with rhymes. The transliteration in Roman alphabet has been published to allow Western readers to learn their sound, because, as Shri Babaji stresses, by the mere listening to these teachings liberation is gained.

Notes:

Guru: spiritual master.

Yogi-Yogini: the man and the woman who practices Yoga.

Sadhu: errant ascetic who renounced the world.

Rishi: seers, sages, they represent the Vedic Arian thought.

„I personally want to thank Shastriji a thousand times for having allowed me to have access to and translate this work with him, spending a blissful time at his feet in Rajgarh.” Shri Shastriji is reading Gorakhvani with Gora Devi, Kalavati and Bhagwati.

Gaura Devi

OM NAMAH SHIVAYA
Introduction by Kamalo - Shri Shastriji

In Nepal, the holy land of Guru Gorakhnath Maharaji, Shri Gorakhnath Himself, in His own Divine voice and by His utter grace, gave various teachings through Shri Babaji.

Through Shri Babaji's grace, the teachings were then passed on to Shri Sardar Kamalo (Shri Shastriji).

Shri Gorakh revealed to Kamalo one great secret that, like a mantra is the essence of innumerable teachings.

By His grace, Shri Gorakhnath Maharaji reveals Himself from time to time in order to benefit people. Suddenly that time He decided to reveal His divine teachings to seven Rishis present with Him.

That day, at seven in the morning in His room He gave His divine message to the Rishis, who were waiting in ecstasy.

The Rishis were astonished when they heard His words, which fulfilled their lives.

The Lord explained that He has six Kailash Mountains on this earth, thus bringing to light a deep mystery.

Shri Shastriji Vishnu Datta Misra - Kamalo

Note:

Mantra: a formula that includes words and sounds of magical or divine power.

from left to right: Kamalo Shri Shastriji Vishnu Datta Misra, Shri Babaji Shri Shastriji and Shri Babaji, Hairakhan.

GORAKHVANI The Secrets of Guru Gorakhnath

Chapter 1 - Kathmandu, Nepal, 24.08.1976

Om Namah Shivaya Om Shri Gorakhshnathaya Namah		Om Namah Shivaya Om Shri Gorakhshnathaya Namah
Ved Mandir, Kathmandu, Nepal, 24.08.1976		Ved Tempel, Kathmandu, Nepal, August 24th, 1976
Santo! Pratham Kailash, Kurmanchal Hairakhan hamara,		Oh saint! My main Kailash is at Hairakhan in the Kurmanchal region,
jahan raci koti Brahmand anant shrishti upara.		where the whole, limitless creation of Brahma began.
Dusra dham hamara,		My second abode,
siddho, Mansarovar Kailash, jahan race koti svarg Vaikunta lok upara.		oh perfect one, is at Mansarovar Kailash, where the Vaikunta paradise is.
Tisra Kailash, Nepal dham hamara,		My third Kailash is in Nepal,
jahan yog diya sab Rishi Muni dhyan udhara.		where saints and sages have received yoga and teachings about meditation.
Chauta dham Amarnath Kailash hamara,		My fourth abode is Amarnath Kailash,
jahan Sati ko amar katha sunai kiye, jiv amar upara.		where immortal stories were read to Sati, making her eternal.
Pancham dham, Kailash Kedarnath hamara,		My fifth abode is Kedarnath-Kailash,
siddho, jahan Ved, Shastra, sanatan marg udhara.		oh perfect one, where the Vedas and Shastras were given to uphold the immortal path.
Chatvan dham, Kailash Makka Madina hamara,		My sixth abode is at the Macca Madina Kailash,
santo, jahan bana Pir Pigambar Islam dharma pasara.		oh saint, where Pir Pigambar started the religion of Islam.
Bole Gorakh, suno Kamalo tum bat hamari.		Gorakh speaks: „Kamalo, listen to My words.
Nahin raja ka dosh hai,		Whatever happens, it isn't the king's fault,
nahin praja ka dosh,		it isn't his subject's fault.
dosh hai karmon ka.		It is only the result of karma.
Is karam se bachane ke liye, tum aye aur hamari,		It is in order to escape from karma that you came to Me
vahan kari tumne gaddhari.		and established your seat here.
Nup Kamalo, tum kaise hoga kalyan.		Oh king Kamalo, how will you be benefited?"
Bole Shri Gorakh, suno chela Kamalo.		Shri Gorakh speaks: "Listen, disciple Kamalo.
Tum is dunya men rahe,		You remained in this world
tum mare, mare, phire karmon ki aur,		and roamed around following karma,
nahin chuta tumhara karma,		unable to give it up.
chor diya tumne yah satya, sanatan dharma.		You gave up the truth and the Sanatan Dharma instead."
Bole Shri Gorakh, sab bal katai,		So speaks Shri Gorakh with all of His strength:
par karma ke prabhav se,		"As a result of his
karma katai.		own previous karma
Kai ke prabhav se.		and then goes to Mahakal, the Lord of Death.
To tumne karma katne hai,		Go instead
to ao Avadhut ke pas, nup tum,		to the Great and Liberated One;
tab tum Kal phans se bachoge.		only then you will escape the net ofTime, oh king."
Bole Shri Gorakh: is kanchan kaya ko tum		So speaks Shri Gorakh: "Why did you eat gold
kyon mitti men milaya davo.		mixed with earth?"
Bole Shri Gorakh: Ved, Shastra anek banaye,		Shri Gorakh says: "Many Vedas and Shastras have been written,
par unmen mukti Shastra ek banave.		but only one Shastra has been written concerning liberation.
Sab Shastra sahaj hai,		All the other Shastras are easy to understand,
mukti Shastra kator.		but the one concerning liberation is difficult.
Kal se bachna hai,		If you want salvation from Kal,
to ao hamari aut,		come to My shelter,
to tum sab sothon ko par karoge dunyan ke.		then you will liberate and take across all those who are sleeping in this world.
Nahin chorha is Kal ne Ram ko, Krishna ko.		Kal, the Lord of Time, did not spare even Ram or Krishna;
Nahin chorha barhe, barhe Rishi, Mahatmaon ko.		nor did He spare all the great saints and sages.
Ghyan, aghyan, man, apman ko tyago turn turant jaya ke,		Give up ignorance, knowledge, mind and ego:
tab tum karam se bachoge.		only then you will be able to escape from your karma.
Nahin to is bhav sindhu men phasoge.		Otherwise you will drown in the ocean of this world."
Bole Shri Gorakh, suno nup Kamalo tum:		So speaks Shri Gorakh: "Listen king Kamalo:
chalo sat marg hamare tum.		come and walk on My true Path.
Karo tyag dush karmon ka tum.		Give up all the negative karma
Man men nishtha rakho ek tum.		and keep a firm determination in your mind.
Abhi kacchi nadi men phase ho tum,		Now that you have fallen into a small river
kaise karoge bhav samandar par tum.		how will you be able to cross the great ocean of this world?"
Bole Shri Gorakh: suraj talai, chandra talai,		So speaks Shri Gorakh: "The sun has disappeared and so has the moon,
par mera vachan kabhi nahin talai.		but My words will always last.
Jisko maine kiye bhav sagar se par, koti Brahmand,		Many creations, the earth and the sky
dharti, akash, sabhi bhaye nasht brasht.		have been destroyed at a certain time,
Jisne meri bat mani,		but the one who listens to My words
vah is sansar men kabhi bhi nahin hua nasht bhrasht.		is never destroyed.
Sab lekh kat jaye,		All other words may disappear,
par jo mere vachanon ki lekh,		but the lines of My words
vah vajra ki lakir hai.		are as indestructible as a vajra.
Usko Yam bhi nahin kat saka.		Not even Yama, the Lord of Death, can destroy them.
Suno Kamalo ab tum chit layake, bat hamari.		Listen to My words with full attention, Kamalo.
Patthar ki lakir kat jave,		Lines written in stone may wear away,
par Meri bat kabhi nahin katai.		but My words will never disappear.
Tum dhyan dharo, karo us Mahakal ka,		Meditate on Mahakal,
jo sab ka swami bana hai baitha.		who has become the master of all.
Vahan nahin hai paksha pat,		This is not an easy knowledge
jo jaise ka taise banavai vidhan.		that simply makes one a learned man.
Ab Kamalo, main ja raha hun Himalaya men.		Now Kamalo I am going to the Himalayas.
Ab prakhand yahin samapt karo tum aj ka.		Today we shall end here."

Chapter 2 - Kathmandu, Nepal, 25.08.1976

Kathmandu, 25.08.1976		Kathmandu, August 25th, 1976
Aye Gorakh uttar se, kare mahal men vishram.		Gorakh has come from the North and has taken rest in this palace.
To bole Gorakh, suno Kamalo, tum bat ghyan ki.		So speaks Gorakh: "Listen to My words of knowledge, Kamalo.
Jaise sarp mani bina vyakul hoy, mani gire,		Like the snake goes into shock when it loses its jewel
to sarp giravai dunai sir,		and weeping shakes its head
bayan, dayan, mani hit karai rudan anek;		left and right and,
nahin pave mani phir tajai turant nij deha,		not having found its jewel, leaves its body,
vaise hi Kamalo, mani chorh ke,		so Kamalo, you too were attracted by a stone
tum karo bhatan se hetu.		leaving your jewel behind.
Samay jata, der nahin,		Time is running fast
to Gorakh ka ghyan nahin ata bar, bar.		and the knowledge of Gorakh will not come again.
To Gorakh ka ghyan chorh ke,		Forsaking the knowledge of Gorakh,
tum kar rahai deha ko kheh.		you were attracted by dust.
Jaise sarp ne mani ka bina, deha ke kiya tyag,		Like the snake leaves its body when it loses its jewel,
vaise hi tum bina Mere ghyan ka kar,		so you too without My knowledge
rahe ko kshar.		are choosing mud instead."
Bole Gorakh, suno nitthal sultan Kamalo ab tum bat meri, dhyan se.		Gorakh is speaking: "Now, king Kamalo, listen to My words attentively.
Ghyan, vighyan ki is hetu se mitao, tab paoge tum par mukti Gorakh ka.		Only by giving up knowledge and science you will have the liberation of Gorakhnath.
Nahin jane isko Brahma, Vishnu, Shesh, Sanatan.		Not even Brahma, Vishnu, Shesh and Sanathan know this.
Maine dhare rup anek bar, dhare chhinn bhinn bhram bhaye sakal yoni,		I have taken many forms and many births,
jane ye Kakbhushundi. Paye the param pad ko vah.		but only the crow Kakbushundi has had the supreme knowledge.
Suno Kamalo ab tum chit se.		So listen now Kamalo with full attention.
Jab jab kiya pralaya maine,		Whenever I destroyed the world,
Kakbhushundi rahe the mukti men.		Kakbushundi has got liberation.
Jab unko diya tha sundar rup maine,		When I offered him a beautiful form,
par unhone kisiko pasand nahin kiya.		he did not like it.
Par jo mera kal rup kag usse di, to pasand kiya.		He preferred My black form as a bird.
To turant jaya ke vardan unko diya:		So the boon of victory was given to him immediately:
ho kag tum nasht nahin hoge koi yug men.		that he would never be destroyed at any time.
Jab duniyan men kuchh nahin rahega,		When nothing remains in this world,
na dharti rahegi,		nor the earth,
na akash, na clin rahega na rat,		nor the sky, the day
na rahegi prithvi,		or the night,
usi jyoti rup men tum samaoge kag.		I'll keep this bird in its form of light.
Jo jo tapdhari bhaye is prithvi men,		I kept whoever did penance on this earth
unko maine jyoti men		in a form of light,
samaya aur sab kadam men mil gaye.		but they all mixed with earth instead."
Gorakh bole: is mahal men,		Gorakh speaks: "In this palace,
jo chota balak hai,		the one who is a little boy here
vah is dharti men ratna banega.		will become a jewel on this earth.
Bharhi yah balak hai,		This child is a great being
ati sanskari.		with a special destiny.
Pahale isne tap kiye barhe,		He has done
barhe bhari.		great penances before.
Suno nittal Kamalo, ab tum,		Listen carefully now Kamalo.
main ja raha hun,		I am going
apne Himalaya ka,		to stay in the Himalayas.
kar raha hun prasthan.
Prakand yahin samapt kiya.		Today's subject ends here."

Chapter 3 - Kathmandu, Nepal, 26.08.1976

Raj Guru Mahal, Kathmandu, 26.08.1976		Palace of Raj Guru, Kathmandu, August 26th, 1976
Pratah aye Gorakh uttar Himalaya se.		In the morning Gorakh has come from the northern Himalayas.
Shri Gorakh bole, suno Kamalo tum:		Shri Gorakh speaks: "Listen Kamalo:
na guro radhikan, na guro radhikan,		nobody is higher than the Guru, nobody is higher than the Guru,
na guro radhikan, na guro radhikan.		nobody is highe than the Guru, nobody is higher than the Guru.
Id mev Shivam, id mev Shivam, id mev Shivam, id mev Shivam.		This is Shiva, this is Shiva, this is Shiva, this is Shiva.
Shiv shasanatah, Shiv shasanatah, Shiv shasanatah, Shiv shasanatah.		The will of Shiva, the will of Shiva, the will of Shiva, the will of Shiva.
Mam shasanatoh, Mam shasanatoh, Mam shasanatoh, Mam shasanatoh.		My will, My will, My will, My will."
Is Mahopanishad, maha vakya se anusar,		From this great Upanishad and by the power of this great word,
bole Shri Gorakh, suno nup Kamalo tum.		Shri Gorakh speaks: "Listen king Kamalo.
Meri aghya jo manenge, usko pahunchaun main amarlok.		Whoever obeys My will shall go to the immortal world,
Amarlok men rahe Sadashiv, tin netr, sahasra bahu;		where sada Shiva with three eyes and one thousand arms resides
jismen Kali, Kalbhairav, Kankal Bhairav, Mahakal, Kal,		and where Kali, kalbhairav, Kankal Bhairav, Mahakal and Kal,
sab rahate Meri aghya adhin.		all of them abide by My orders.
Yah sab Devi, Devata, usi rup men viraje hain,		All gods and goddesses live there
tin netr dhare hain.		and possess three eyes.
Is men jo jate hain,		Whoever reaches that heaven,
phir vapis nahin ate hain, nup.		does not come back any more.
Yah mera Mahadham hai,		It is My greatest place,
ismen vahin jaye,		and people live there
jo Gopichand nup jaisa,		like king Gopichand,
durbesh phire jagat main.		who roamed around in the world like a sadhu.
Ghyan, vighyan, man, apman,		These people have thrown into the earth
jisne mita diya mitti men.		knowledge, science, mind and pride.
Suno nup Kamalo tum:		Now listen, king Kamalo:
jo jis men jata,		whoever goes to My place
vah bhi trinetra pata.		gets the divine third eye
Amar lok men vas karta.		and resides in a immortal abode.
Barbe, barhe yogi jati,		Great great yogis,
barbe, barhe Sati,		great great yoginis have tried to go there,
ve bhi rup tap ke karanai,		but, because of their attachment to their form of penance,
a jate abhiman men		because of their ego,
nahin pate ve is dham ke vas ko.		they cannot reach that place."
Bole Shri Gorakh, suno nup Kamalo tum:		Shri Gorakh speaks: "Listen king Kamalo.
man mare,		the one whose body, mind
tan mare,		and physical aggregates have died,
mare sakal sharir,		the one who is left only with the Name of God,
bake nam hai, phul phakir,		oh flowers' fakir,
vahin pata hai mere is dham ko.		is the only one who comes to know My abode.