Kaulajnana-nirnaya of the School of Matsyendranath Varanasi: Prachya Prakashan. Michael Magee, transl.
Davidson, Ronald M. (2003). Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement. New York: Columbia University Press.
When his Guru Matsyendranath entered the dead body of a Raja (Parakaya Pravesh) to obey the orders of Sri Hanuman to produce an offspring for a certain Rani, ...
Swami Niranjan: Although it is commonly known by everyone that yogis like Matsyendranath and Gorakhnath practised and mastered hatha yoga, and propounded these practice for the benefit of the man in society, ...
This asana is described by Sri Matsyendranath," and Verse 27: "Practicing of this asana (Matsyendrasana) increases the digestive fire to such an incredible capacity that it is the means of removing diseases and thus awakening the serpent power and ...
" The great yogi Matsyendranatha tells us that a person can attain freedom from the consequences of karma by practicing one of the core postures of hatha yoga, Matsyendrasana.
PATANJALI MAHARSHI,
YOGI BHUSUNDA, SADASIVA BRAHMAN,
MATSYENDRANATH, GORAKHNATH, JESUS CHRIST,
LORD KRISHNA AND ALL OTHER YOGINS
WHO HAVE EXPOUNDED THE
SCIENCE OF YOGA ...
Swami Swatmarama was the follower of Natha Tradition, (followers of Adi Nath or Lord Shiva), taught by great Gurus like Gorakshanath and then Matsyendranath.
Two main experts who popularised hathayoga include Matsyendranatha, Gorakhnatha, etc. Hathayoga is described as the yoga of unity of ha and tha. This means the unity of the sun ad the moon in body or the unity of vitak airs - prana and apana.
He mastered the V e d a s and the T a n t r a s; many s â d h u s, s a n n y â s î s, ascetics, y o g î s, hermits and sages like Gorakhnath and Matsyendranath became his disciples.
 See also: Yoga, Body, Mind, Kundalini, Prana
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