Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati

Author(s): Kalyani Mallik
Publisher: Poona Oriental Book House Poona

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SUMMARIES OF THE IMPORTANT TEXTS,
WITH SOME CRITICAL NOTES. 1. SIDDHA-SIDDHANTA-PADDHATI.
This MS. has the name of Sree Gorakhnath in the colophon of each chapter called Upadeśa. The work is written in couplets and there are six Upadeśas. Quotations are made from various texts of the Nātha Yogis, and the following subjects are treated :Upadeśa I. - Origin of the body :- fogkef:. Upadesa II. - Discussion of the body : - fosfaat:. Upadesa III. Knowledge of the body :- fuggef:. Upadesa IV. The foundation of the body : Oustert: Upadeśa V. - The Union of the body with the Supreme
Reality : = yuzugu: GATAVUAT. Upadeśa VI. - The definition of an Avadhuta Yogi : -
अवधूतयोगीलक्षणम्. Summary of Upadeśa 1. The Nätha Yogis believe that in truth there is no such thing as Creation ; yet for human conception this work deals with it. The Supreme Reality evolves Itself through six stages into a material organism, known as Creation or f:. But the Supreme Reality which is called Anāmā, i.e., the Nameless One, has by itself no power of Creation ; it is Sakti, the Prime Power, which is at the basis of Creation, working with its five evolutes PASIT, RI, 37431, FAT and gust. Anāmā is the noumenal aspect, while Sakti is the phenomenal aspect of world activity. Each is powerless to create, without the help of the other. (This Anamā, also known as Parampada, remains for ever complete or qui inspite of creation with its help. Anāmā is in other words the Infinite ; so it is like subtracting infinity from infinity, the result being infinity).
Now each of the six pirdas or bodies through which the Anāmi evolves itself, has five factors, and each factor has five qualities. Thus each Pinda has twenty-five qualities, known as Tattvas.
The six stages through which one has to pass are known as Para, Anādi, Adi, Mahäsākāra, Prakrti and Garbha pindas.
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