ŚHRĪ NIVṚITTINĀTH in the Words of ŚHRĪ MĀTĀJĪ

"Now, we have had great Saints in our country, no doubt.
Even a person like Gyāneśhwara, was a great Saint we have [had]. And He was in the same line as Macchindranāth, Gorakhnāth, then Gyānināth, and then His father [brother] there was Nivṛuttināth, and He initiated Him. And we had a Great Guru paramparā, Guru tradition in a ... that Nāth Pānthis.
Even He, Gyāneśhwara, who was a realized Soul, no doubt, and His brother was really a very great Saint. Even He, when He writes about [the] Kuṇḍalinī awakening, He doesn't do the way you Sahaja Yogis [unclear].
That I wish you could read Marathi, I could make you understand now.
And how He has raised the Kuṇḍalinī, what happens: He could give Realization to two people in His lifetime. See?"
1979-0527 Conversation with Sahaja Yogis, TM, False Gurus, Industrial Revolution, Christ, Go Slowly with New People, Seminar, Day 1, Āśhram, 8, Hamilton Road, Dollis Hill, London NW10 1NX, UK

"I didn't tell you about the third kind of movement we had in our country, is of Nāth Pānthis.
Jains have Ādināth [Ṛiṣhabhadeva, first Tīrthaṅkara in Jainism], and a deviation started from that: ah ... one guru was supposed to give knowledge to only one person. Like Janaka had only Nachiketa.
Till the time of Gyāneśhwara, that's in the twelfth century.
Gyāneśhwara was the disciple of His own brother, Nivṛuttināth. And They suffered a lot. And He asked Nivṛuttināth for one permission: that, "Let Me open the Truth to the public. Just I'll tell about it! I'll not do anything, I'll just tell about it."
Because thirteen, fourteen thousand years back Mārkaṇḍeya has described about Kuṇḍalinī. Then came ... Ādi Śhaṅkarāchārya has described about Kuṇḍalinī.
But all in Sanskrit language. And Sanskrital knowledge was not available to the common public. And those who knew Sanskrit nalguage ... language didn't want to get into Self-knowledge.
Thus this knowledge was kept a secret all the time."
1991-1206 Public Program, Day 1, Narada Gana Sabha, 254 Mowbrays Road, Alwarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

"One master would have one disciple, chosen for this.
Thus, it continued till the twelfth century, when a very great poet called Gyāneśhwara, He started ...
[Aside:] It's all right. [Laughs.] It's all right. [Drinks water.]
He started, in a way, writing about Gītā.
He requested His brother, who was His Guru, Nivṛittināth, that, "Please allow Me to write about Kuṇḍalinī because in the Gītā it is not mentioned. We must write about it!" So He allowed.
And He wrote it in the sixth chapter of that Gyāneśhwarī.
But people said ... the people who were in charge of the religion, that time, said: "This chapter is something to be condemned." Because they didn't know how to awaken the Kuṇḍalinī. "This has to be absolutely condemned, and nobody should read this one." Niṣhiddha is the word, is not so bad as it's condemned, but niṣhiddha: is not to be read.
Thus, all this knowledge, of the inner be-ing, was kept in the darkness. And this knowledge of the inner being, not known to us, created the problem."
1993-1014 Public Program, Masur Auditorium, National Institute of Health, Clinical Center (Building 10), 9,000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, U.S.A.

But in the twelfth century, Gyāneśhwara asked His Guru, who was His brother, Nivṛuttināth. He asked Him: that, "You just allow Me to write about this Kuṇḍalinī." Because He wrote Gyāneśhwarī. And in Gyāneśhwarī, He wanted to write about this Kuṇḍalinī, just to little talk about this secret Power within us. His Guru allowed Him, and then He wrote it." 1993-1016 Public Program (2nd Day of Navarātri), Auditorium, New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64 Street, Manhattan, New York City, NY, U.S.A.

"But in the twelfth century, Gyāneśhwara took permission from His brother who was His Guru as well, that, "Please allow Me to at least write about it! This much permission I need!" And when He wrote about it, in His book Gyāneśhwarī, in the sixth chapter, He has described beautifully that, "Due to this Kuṇḍalinī only we achieve our enlightenment." He has stated it very clearly."
1993-1203 Public Program (Hindi), Kidwai Nagar, New Delhi, India

"But in the center we had another great movement which is called as Nāth, Nāth Pānthis. They say it came from Śhiva, but whatever it is: it came from Ādināth [Ṛiṣhabhadeva, first Tīrthaṅkara in Jainism], and these people, and got diverted into many types.
But those who remained in the middle, one of them was, we should say, was called Gahinināth. And his disciple was Nivṛuttināth, the elder brother of Gyānadeva.
It is amazing, if you read anything about them, they know all about chakras, they know all about these, all three channels. Everything they new thousands of years back.
Then somehow or other, they didn't tell people. They kept the knowledge to themselves.
I can't say why they did it but they did.
Ultimately, Gyānadeva took permission of His Guru, Nivṛittināth, and said that, "I, let Me tell you ... at least let Me tell others. You allow Me. Because people should know what works it out." So He wrote about Kuṇḍalinī.
But if you read these ancient books, you will be amazed that the whole thing was described in those books: how you get your Realization, and how then we have those centers, which are to be enlightened, what problems come in.
But the method they employed, [laughing:] for achieving it, was really hazardous again.
I don't know why they had to do it but they did it.
They were all unmarried people and very strict with themselves and they had to lead a life very secluded from the society.
This was really a very difficult type of ascent they had.
When I read about them I'm really is ... feel very, extremely sad, that all these great people who were seeking had to go through such horrible strenuous turmoil for days together, and then s-s-some of them got Realization."
1996-0628 Public Program, Myths Are Unreal, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7, UK

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