Matsyendranath
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Matsyendranath, (sometimes transliterated Machindranath) (9th-10th century) is a Legendary Master (or Guru) of Yoga. Many Schools of Hinduism and even Buddhism remembering this Guru in their tradition.
Matsyendranath was the son of Minanath, a fisherman. He is considered by many to be the founder of the Nath Sampradaya of sadhus. While the Naths had actually been known much earlier, from the time of Dattatreya, Matsyendranath did initiate a revival by combining the three viewpoints of Siddha, Tantra, and Nath philosophy.
The real meaning of the name is The Nath Fish, nath is the name of a ascetic hinduist group.
The legendary tale says that The God Shiva and his wife the Goddess Parvati were transmutating a fish that has looked upon their ascetic pratices on the side of the river. And then it became a man, Matsyendranath.
Then Mastyendranat was the Guru of Gorakhnath, Their traditional spiritual discipline is Hatha yoga but this Yoga is in effect very far distant from the modern yoga; In fact the emphasis was on meditation and prana working rather than on the asanas or postures of the modern forms of Yoga.
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