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Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

2016-08-25T14:17:13Z

Vilasanath:

'''Shri Gurudev Mahendranath''' (April 29, 1911–August 30, 1991) was a British [[occultist]], [[mystic]], writer, poet, [[sannyasi]], [[sadhu]], [[tantra|tantric]] [[guru]], and [[Avadhut]]. He was introduced to [[Thelema]] by [[Aleister Crowley]] and espoused the [[tantra|tantric]] philosophy of [[Svecchachara]] which he considered the Sanskrit equivalent of [[Thelema]].

==Biography==
Born '''Lawrence Miles''' in London, England on April 29, 1911, his interests in the area of spiritual investigation and the [[Paganism|Pagan]] way of life began at an unusually early age. During his childhood, he had a number of unique experiences which began the course of his inner development and later led to his spiritual attainment and recognition by a vast public. He was initiated by his Great Aunt Madam Clay Palmer, the Witch of Rottingdean, near Brighton, England, into her line of Hereditary Witchcraft when he was in his early teens and he knew Gerald Gardiner, founder of Modern Witchcraft, or Wicca, was active in Gardiner's Bricket Wood coven in Hertfordshire, and informed Gardiner of traditional rites, which seem to have otherwise been borrowed from Aleister Crowley's writings.

As a young man, Shri Mahendranath met and exchanged ideas with the advanced thinker and mystic, Aleister Crowley. Personal experiences and the advice of Mr. Crowley suggested that he might gain valuable insight by the deeper study of [[meditation]] and the [[I Ching]] oracle with Indian and other Asian Masters.

After some years, and a detour to Australia where he was recorded as being active in Witchcraft, Shri Mahendranath travelled back across South East Asia and arrived in [[Wikipedia:India|India]] on [[Guru Purnima]], July 14, 1953. On this auspicious date, he was given initiation as a [[sannyasi]] into the [[Adinath]] sampradaya by H.H. Shri Sadguru Lokanath, the [[Avadhut]] of the Himalayas. He was later given [[Tantra|Tantric]] initiation by Shri Pagala Baba of [[Wikipedia:Ranchi|Ranchi]] into the [[Uttara Kaula]] sect of Northern Tantrics and became his successor.

During his life as a [[sannyasi]], Shri Mahendranath traveled to Ceylon, Thailand, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Australia. He also received initiations as a Bhutanese [[Tibetan Buddhism|Lama]], Meditation Master in [[Soto]] [[Zen]], [[Taoism]], and both [[Mahayana]] and [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism]].

He founded ''Amookos'' and the ''International Nath Order'' (originally ''Western Nath Order'') to present and promote his own synthesis of the [[tantra|tantric]] teachings of the [[Adinath]] and [[Uttara Kaula]] lineages as a spiritual path for the western householder. Initiates of his ''International Nath Order'' and ''Amookos'' are known as [[Nath]]s.

Shri Gurudev Mahendranath left his body and achieved [[Mahasamadhi]] on [[August 30]], [[1991]]. His last residence was his hermitage—[[Shambhala]] Tapowan—near the Vatrak river, in the state of [[Wikipedia:Gujarat|Gujarat]], [[Wikipedia:India|India]]. He thought he was the last [[guru]] of both the Adi-Nath and Uttara Kaula [[tantra|tantric]] lineages, but was unaware that Pagala Baba's guru in the Uttara Kaula line, Thakar Kalachand had also initiated a female yogini, Mahaswari Ma who had in turn initiated Kulavadhut Sampranand, who survives into the 21st Century. C.E., alongside the Westernised groups Shri Mahendranath started. He was therefore not in a position to merge the Uttara Kaula and Adi Nath traditions. The Adi Nath tradition is to rest in another Nath lineage as well as continuing in the various Westernised groups with Adi Nath origins that were begun with Shri Mahendranath's initiatives.

==Writings==
Shri Gurudev Mahendranath wrote numerous articles and essays on [[tantra]] and the [[spiritual life]], including the ''Twilight Yoga Trilogy'', the ''Levogyrate Tantra'', and ''The Londinium Temple Strain'', subsequently collected under the title ''The Scrolls of Mahendranath''. These works present the essentials of spiritual life and the [[tantra|tantric]] path in a humorous, non-dogmatic and non-sectarian manner.

==External Links==
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/ The Scrolls of Mahendranath]
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/order.mhtml The International Nath Order]
* Amookos http://www.sivashakti.com/
* Fellowship of Uttara Circles of Kaulas http://www.johnpowerweb.jimdo.com
*http://www.nathsociety.org
*http://uttarakaulatantra.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/uttarakaula-lineages.htm/?m=1

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[[Category:Writers]]

Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

2016-08-25T14:15:00Z

Vilasanath:

'''Shri Gurudev Mahendranath''' (April 29, 1911–August 30, 1991) was a British [[occultist]], [[mystic]], writer, poet, [[sannyasi]], [[sadhu]], [[tantra|tantric]] [[guru]], and [[Avadhut]]. He was introduced to [[Thelema]] by [[Aleister Crowley]] and espoused the [[tantra|tantric]] philosophy of [[Svecchachara]] which he considered the Sanskrit equivalent of [[Thelema]].

==Biography==
Born '''Lawrence Miles''' in London, England on April 29, 1911, his interests in the area of spiritual investigation and the [[Paganism|Pagan]] way of life began at an unusually early age. During his childhood, he had a number of unique experiences which began the course of his inner development and later led to his spiritual attainment and recognition by a vast public. He was initiated by his Great Aunt Madam Clay Palmer, the Witch of Rottingdean, near Brighton, England, into her line of Hereditary Witchcraft when he was in his early teens and he knew Gerald Gardiner, founder of Modern Witchcraft, or Wicca, was active in Gardiner's Bricket Wood coven in Hertfordshire, and informed Gardiner of traditional rites, which seem to have otherwise been borrowed from Aleister Crowley's writings.

As a young man, Shri Mahendranath met and exchanged ideas with the advanced thinker and mystic, Aleister Crowley. Personal experiences and the advice of Mr. Crowley suggested that he might gain valuable insight by the deeper study of [[meditation]] and the [[I Ching]] oracle with Indian and other Asian Masters.

After some years, and a detour to Australia where he was recorded as being active in Witchcraft, Shri Mahendranath travelled back across South East Asia and arrived in [[Wikipedia:India|India]] on [[Guru Purnima]], July 14, 1953. On this auspicious date, he was given initiation as a [[sannyasi]] into the [[Adinath]] sampradaya by H.H. Shri Sadguru Lokanath, the [[Avadhut]] of the Himalayas. He was later given [[Tantra|Tantric]] initiation by Shri Pagala Baba of [[Wikipedia:Ranchi|Ranchi]] into the [[Uttara Kaula]] sect of Northern Tantrics and became his successor.

During his life as a [[sannyasi]], Shri Mahendranath traveled to Ceylon, Thailand, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Australia. He also received initiations as a Bhutanese [[Tibetan Buddhism|Lama]], Meditation Master in [[Soto]] [[Zen]], [[Taoism]], and both [[Mahayana]] and [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism]].

He founded ''Amookos'' and the ''International Nath Order'' (originally ''Western Nath Order'') to present and promote his own synthesis of the [[tantra|tantric]] teachings of the [[Adinath]] and [[Uttara Kaula]] lineages as a spiritual path for the western householder. Initiates of his ''International Nath Order'' and ''Amookos'' are known as [[Nath]]s.

Shri Gurudev Mahendranath left his body and achieved [[Mahasamadhi]] on [[August 30]], [[1991]]. His last residence was his hermitage—[[Shambhala]] Tapowan—near the Vatrak river, in the state of [[Wikipedia:Gujarat|Gujarat]], [[Wikipedia:India|India]]. He thought he was the last [[guru]] of both the Adi-Nath and Uttara Kaula [[tantra|tantric]] lineages, but was unaware that Pagala Baba's guru in the Uttara Kaula line, Thakar Kalachand had also initiated a female yogini, Mahaswari Ma who had in turn initiated Kulavadhut Sampranand, who survives into the 21st Century. C.E., alongside the Westernised groups Shri Mahendranath started. He was therefore not in a position to merge the Uttara Kaula and Adi Nath traditions. The Adi Nath tradition is to rest in another Nath lineage as well as continuing in the various Westernised groups with Adi Nath origins that were begun with Shri Mahendranath's initiatives.

==Writings==
Shri Gurudev Mahendranath wrote numerous articles and essays on [[tantra]] and the [[spiritual life]], including the ''Twilight Yoga Trilogy'', the ''Levogyrate Tantra'', and ''The Londinium Temple Strain'', subsequently collected under the title ''The Scrolls of Mahendranath''. These works present the essentials of spiritual life and the [[tantra|tantric]] path in a humorous, non-dogmatic and non-sectarian manner.

==External Links==
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/ The Scrolls of Mahendranath]
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/order.mhtml The International Nath Order]
* Amookos http://www.sivashakti.com/
* Fellowship of Uttara Circles of Kaulas http://www.johnpowerweb.com.jimdo
*http://www.nathsociety.org
*http://uttarakaulatantra.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/uttarakaula-lineages.htm/?m=1

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Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

2016-08-25T14:05:55Z

Vilasanath:

'''Shri Gurudev Mahendranath''' (April 29, 1911–August 30, 1991) was a British [[occultist]], [[mystic]], writer, poet, [[sannyasi]], [[sadhu]], [[tantra|tantric]] [[guru]], and [[Avadhut]]. He was introduced to [[Thelema]] by [[Aleister Crowley]] and espoused the [[tantra|tantric]] philosophy of [[Svecchachara]] which he considered the Sanskrit equivalent of [[Thelema]].

==Biography==
Born '''Lawrence Miles''' in London, England on April 29, 1911, his interests in the area of spiritual investigation and the [[Paganism|Pagan]] way of life began at an unusually early age. During his childhood, he had a number of unique experiences which began the course of his inner development and later led to his spiritual attainment and recognition by a vast public. He was initiated by his Great Aunt Madam Clay Palmer, the Witch of Rottingdean, near Brighton, England, into her line of Hereditary Witchcraft when he was in his early teens and he knew Gerald Gardiner, founder of Modern Witchcraft, or Wicca, was active in Gardiner's Bricket Wood coven in Hertfordshire, and informed Gardiner of traditional rites, which seem to have otherwise been borrowed from Aleister Crowley's writings.

As a young man, Shri Mahendranath met and exchanged ideas with the advanced thinker and mystic, Aleister Crowley. Personal experiences and the advice of Mr. Crowley suggested that he might gain valuable insight by the deeper study of [[meditation]] and the [[I Ching]] oracle with Indian and other Asian Masters.

After some years, and a detour to Australia where he was recorded as being active in Witchcraft, Shri Mahendranath travelled back across South East Asia and arrived in [[Wikipedia:India|India]] on [[Guru Purnima]], July 14, 1953. On this auspicious date, he was given initiation as a [[sannyasi]] into the [[Adinath]] sampradaya by H.H. Shri Sadguru Lokanath, the [[Avadhut]] of the Himalayas. He was later given [[Tantra|Tantric]] initiation by Shri Pagala Baba of [[Wikipedia:Ranchi|Ranchi]] into the [[Uttara Kaula]] sect of Northern Tantrics and became his successor.

During his life as a [[sannyasi]], Shri Mahendranath traveled to Ceylon, Thailand, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Australia. He also received initiations as a Bhutanese [[Tibetan Buddhism|Lama]], Meditation Master in [[Soto]] [[Zen]], [[Taoism]], and both [[Mahayana]] and [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism]].

He founded ''Amookos'' and the ''International Nath Order'' (originally ''Western Nath Order'') to present and promote his own synthesis of the [[tantra|tantric]] teachings of the [[Adinath]] and [[Uttara Kaula]] lineages as a spiritual path for the western householder. Initiates of his ''International Nath Order'' and ''Amookos'' are known as [[Nath]]s.

Shri Gurudev Mahendranath left his body and achieved [[Mahasamadhi]] on [[August 30]], [[1991]]. His last residence was his hermitage—[[Shambhala]] Tapowan—near the Vatrak river, in the state of [[Wikipedia:Gujarat|Gujarat]], [[Wikipedia:India|India]]. He thought he was the last [[guru]] of both the Adi-Nath and Uttara Kaula [[tantra|tantric]] lineages, but was unaware that Pagala Baba's guru in the Uttara Kaula line, Thakar Kalachand had also initiated a female yogini, Mahaswari Ma who had in turn initiated Kulavadhut Sampranand, who survives into the 21st Century. C.E., alongside the Westernised groups Shri Mahendranath started. He was therefore not in a position to merge the Uttara Kaula and Adi Nath traditions. The Adi Nath tradition is to rest in another Nath lineage as well as continuing in the various Westernised groups with Adi Nath origins that were begun with Shri Mahendranath's initiatives.

==Writings==
Shri Gurudev Mahendranath wrote numerous articles and essays on [[tantra]] and the [[spiritual life]], including the ''Twilight Yoga Trilogy'', the ''Levogyrate Tantra'', and ''The Londinium Temple Strain'', subsequently collected under the title ''The Scrolls of Mahendranath''. These works present the essentials of spiritual life and the [[tantra|tantric]] path in a humorous, non-dogmatic and non-sectarian manner.

==External Links==
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/ The Scrolls of Mahendranath]
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/order.mhtml The International Nath Order]
* Amookos http://www.sivashakti.com/
* Fellowship of Uttara Circles of Kaulas http://www.johnpowerweb.com/.jimdo
*http://www.nathsociety.org
*http://uttarakaulatantra.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/uttarakaula-lineages.htm/?m=1

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Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

2016-03-04T12:58:24Z

Vilasanath: /* External Links */

'''Shri Gurudev Mahendranath''' (April 29, 1911–August 30, 1991) was a British [[occultist]], [[mystic]], writer, poet, [[sannyasi]], [[sadhu]], [[tantra|tantric]] [[guru]], and [[Avadhut]]. He was introduced to [[Thelema]] by [[Aleister Crowley]] and espoused the [[tantra|tantric]] philosophy of [[Svecchachara]] which he considered the Sanskrit equivalent of [[Thelema]].

==Biography==
Born '''Lawrence Miles''' in London, England on April 29, 1911, his interests in the area of spiritual investigation and the [[Paganism|Pagan]] way of life began at an unusually early age. During his childhood, he had a number of unique experiences which began the course of his inner development and later led to his spiritual attainment and recognition by a vast public. He was initiated by his Great Aunt Madam Clay Palmer, the Witch of Rottingdean, near Brighton, England, into her line of Hereditary Witchcraft when he was in his early teens and he knew Gerald Gardiner, founder of Modern Witchcraft, or Wicca, was active in Gardiner's Bricket Wood coven in Hertfordshire, and informed Gardiner of traditional rites, which seem to have otherwise been borrowed from Aleister Crowley's writings.

As a young man, Shri Mahendranath met and exchanged ideas with the advanced thinker and mystic, Aleister Crowley. Personal experiences and the advice of Mr. Crowley suggested that he might gain valuable insight by the deeper study of [[meditation]] and the [[I Ching]] oracle with Indian and other Asian Masters.

After some years, and a detour to Australia where he was recorded as being active in Witchcraft, Shri Mahendranath travelled back across South East Asia and arrived in [[Wikipedia:India|India]] on [[Guru Purnima]], July 14, 1953. On this auspicious date, he was given initiation as a [[sannyasi]] into the [[Adinath]] sampradaya by H.H. Shri Sadguru Lokanath, the [[Avadhut]] of the Himalayas. He was later given [[Tantra|Tantric]] initiation by Shri Pagala Baba of [[Wikipedia:Ranchi|Ranchi]] into the [[Uttara Kaula]] sect of Northern Tantrics and became his successor.

During his life as a [[sannyasi]], Shri Mahendranath traveled to Ceylon, Thailand, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Australia. He also received initiations as a Bhutanese [[Tibetan Buddhism|Lama]], Meditation Master in [[Soto]] [[Zen]], [[Taoism]], and both [[Mahayana]] and [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism]].

He founded ''Amookos'' and the ''International Nath Order'' (originally ''Western Nath Order'') to present and promote his own synthesis of the [[tantra|tantric]] teachings of the [[Adinath]] and [[Uttara Kaula]] lineages as a spiritual path for the western householder. Initiates of his ''International Nath Order'' and ''Amookos'' are known as [[Nath]]s.

Shri Gurudev Mahendranath left his body and achieved [[Mahasamadhi]] on [[August 30]], [[1991]]. His last residence was his hermitage—[[Shambhala]] Tapowan—near the Vatrak river, in the state of [[Wikipedia:Gujarat|Gujarat]], [[Wikipedia:India|India]]. He thought he was the last [[guru]] of both the Adi-Nath and Uttara Kaula [[tantra|tantric]] lineages, but was unaware that Pagala Baba's guru in the Uttara Kaula line, Thakar Kalachand had also initiated a female yogini, Mahaswari Ma who had in turn initiated Kulavadhut Sampranand, who survives into the 21st Century. C.E., alongside the Westernised groups Shri Mahendranath started. He was therefore not in a position to merge the Uttara Kaula and Adi Nath traditions. The Adi Nath tradition is to rest in another Nath lineage as well as continuing in the various Westernised groups with Adi Nath origins that were begun with Shri Mahendranath's initiatives.

==Writings==
Shri Gurudev Mahendranath wrote numerous articles and essays on [[tantra]] and the [[spiritual life]], including the ''Twilight Yoga Trilogy'', the ''Levogyrate Tantra'', and ''The Londinium Temple Strain'', subsequently collected under the title ''The Scrolls of Mahendranath''. These works present the essentials of spiritual life and the [[tantra|tantric]] path in a humorous, non-dogmatic and non-sectarian manner.

==External Links==
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/ The Scrolls of Mahendranath]
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/order.mhtml The International Nath Order]
* Amookos http://www.sivashakti.com/
* Fellowship of Uttara Circles of Kaulas http://www.johnpowerweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
*http://www.nathsociety.org
http://uttarakaulatantra.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/uttarakaula-lineages.htm/?m=1

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Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

2016-02-21T20:56:51Z

Vilasanath: /* Biography */

'''Shri Gurudev Mahendranath''' (April 29, 1911–August 30, 1991) was a British [[occultist]], [[mystic]], writer, poet, [[sannyasi]], [[sadhu]], [[tantra|tantric]] [[guru]], and [[Avadhut]]. He was introduced to [[Thelema]] by [[Aleister Crowley]] and espoused the [[tantra|tantric]] philosophy of [[Svecchachara]] which he considered the Sanskrit equivalent of [[Thelema]].

==Biography==
Born '''Lawrence Miles''' in London, England on April 29, 1911, his interests in the area of spiritual investigation and the [[Paganism|Pagan]] way of life began at an unusually early age. During his childhood, he had a number of unique experiences which began the course of his inner development and later led to his spiritual attainment and recognition by a vast public. He was initiated by his Great Aunt Madam Clay Palmer, the Witch of Rottingdean, near Brighton, England, into her line of Hereditary Witchcraft when he was in his early teens and he knew Gerald Gardiner, founder of Modern Witchcraft, or Wicca, was active in Gardiner's Bricket Wood coven in Hertfordshire, and informed Gardiner of traditional rites, which seem to have otherwise been borrowed from Aleister Crowley's writings.

As a young man, Shri Mahendranath met and exchanged ideas with the advanced thinker and mystic, Aleister Crowley. Personal experiences and the advice of Mr. Crowley suggested that he might gain valuable insight by the deeper study of [[meditation]] and the [[I Ching]] oracle with Indian and other Asian Masters.

After some years, and a detour to Australia where he was recorded as being active in Witchcraft Shri Mahendranath travelled back across South East Asia and arrived in [[Wikipedia:India|India]] on [[Guru Purnima]], July 14, 1953. On this auspicious date, he was given initiation as a [[sannyasi]] into the [[Adinath]] sampradaya by H.H. Shri Sadguru Lokanath, the [[Avadhut]] of the Himalayas. He was later given [[Tantra|Tantric]] initiation by Shri Pagala Baba of [[Wikipedia:Ranchi|Ranchi]] into the [[Uttara Kaula]] sect of Northern Tantrics and became his successor.

During his life as a [[sannyasi]], Shri Mahendranath traveled to Ceylon, Thailand, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Australia. He also received initiations as a Bhutanese [[Tibetan Buddhism|Lama]], Meditation Master in [[Soto]] [[Zen]], [[Taoism]], and both [[Mahayana]] and [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism]].

He founded ''Amookos'' and the ''International Nath Order'' (originally ''Western Nath Order'') to present and promote his own synthesis of the [[tantra|tantric]] teachings of the [[Adinath]] and [[Uttara Kaula]] lineages as a spiritual path for the western householder. Initiates of his ''International Nath Order'' and ''Amookos'' are known as [[Nath]]s.

Shri Gurudev Mahendranath left his body and achieved [[Mahasamadhi]] on [[August 30]], [[1991]]. His last residence was his hermitage—[[Shambhala]] Tapowan—near the Vatrak river, in the state of [[Wikipedia:Gujarat|Gujarat]], [[Wikipedia:India|India]]. He thought he was the last [[guru]] of both the Adi-Nath and Uttara Kaula [[tantra|tantric]] lineages, but was unaware that Pagala Baba's guru in the Uttara Kaula line, Thakar Kalachand had also initiated a female yogini, Mahaswari Ma who had in turn initiated Kulavadhut Sampranand, who survives into the 21st Century. C.E., alongside the Westernised groups Shri Mahendranath started. He was therefore not in a position to merge the Uttara Kaula and Adi Nath traditions. The Adi Nath tradition is to rest in another Nath lineage as well as continuing in the various Westernised groups with Adi Nath origins that were begun with Shri Mahendranath's initiatives.

==Writings==
Shri Gurudev Mahendranath wrote numerous articles and essays on [[tantra]] and the [[spiritual life]], including the ''Twilight Yoga Trilogy'', the ''Levogyrate Tantra'', and ''The Londinium Temple Strain'', subsequently collected under the title ''The Scrolls of Mahendranath''. These works present the essentials of spiritual life and the [[tantra|tantric]] path in a humorous, non-dogmatic and non-sectarian manner.

==External Links==
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/ The Scrolls of Mahendranath]
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/order.mhtml The International Nath Order]
* Amookos http://www.sivashakti.com/
* Fellowship of Uttara Circles of Kaulas http://www.johnpowerweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
*http://www.nathsociety.org
http://uttarakaulatanntra.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/uttarakaula-lineages.htm/?m=1

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Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

2016-02-20T13:52:52Z

Vilasanath: /* External Links */

'''Shri Gurudev Mahendranath''' (April 29, 1911–August 30, 1991) was a British [[occultist]], [[mystic]], writer, poet, [[sannyasi]], [[sadhu]], [[tantra|tantric]] [[guru]], and [[Avadhut]]. He was introduced to [[Thelema]] by [[Aleister Crowley]] and espoused the [[tantra|tantric]] philosophy of [[Svecchachara]] which he considered the Sanskrit equivalent of [[Thelema]].

==Biography==
Born '''Lawrence Miles''' in London, England on April 29, 1911, his interests in the area of spiritual investigation and the [[Paganism|Pagan]] way of life began at an unusually early age. During his childhood, he had a number of unique experiences which began the course of his inner development and later led to his spiritual attainment and recognition by a vast public.

As a young man, Shri Mahendranath met and exchanged ideas with the advanced thinker and mystic, Aleister Crowley. Personal experiences and the advice of Mr. Crowley suggested that he might gain valuable insight by the deeper study of [[meditation]] and the [[I Ching]] oracle with Indian and other Asian Masters.

After some years, Shri Mahendranath arrived in [[Wikipedia:India|India]] on [[Guru Purnima]], July 14, 1953. On this auspicious date, he was given initiation as a [[sannyasi]] into the [[Adinath]] sampradaya by H.H. Shri Sadguru Lokanath, the [[Avadhut]] of the Himalayas. He was later given [[Tantra|Tantric]] initiation by Shri Pagala Baba of [[Wikipedia:Ranchi|Ranchi]] into the [[Uttara Kaula]] sect of Northern Tantrics and became his successor.

During his life as a [[sannyasi]], Shri Mahendranath traveled to Ceylon, Thailand, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Australia. He also received initiations as a Bhutanese [[Tibetan Buddhism|Lama]], Meditation Master in [[Soto]] [[Zen]], [[Taoism]], and both [[Mahayana]] and [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism]].

He founded ''Amookos'' and the ''International Nath Order'' (originally ''Western Nath Order'') to present and promote his own synthesis of the [[tantra|tantric]] teachings of the [[Adinath]] and [[Uttara Kaula]] lineages as a spiritual path for the western householder. Initiates of his ''International Nath Order'' and ''Amookos'' are known as [[Nath]]s.

Shri Gurudev Mahendranath left his body and achieved [[Mahasamadhi]] on [[August 30]], [[1991]]. His last residence was his hermitage—[[Shambhala]] Tapowan—near the Vatrak river, in the state of [[Wikipedia:Gujarat|Gujarat]], [[Wikipedia:India|India]]. He thought he was the last [[guru]] of both the Adi-Nath and Uttara Kaula [[tantra|tantric]] lineages, but was unaware that Pagala Baba's guru in the Uttara Kaula line, Thakar Kalachand had also initiated a female yogini, Mahaswari Ma who had in turn initiated Kulavadhut Sampranand, who survives into the 21st Century. C.E., alongside the Westernised groups Shri Mahendranath started. He was therefore not in a position to merge the Uttara Kaula and Adi Nath traditions. The Adi Nath tradition is to rest in another Nath lineage as well as continuing in the various Westernised groups with Adi Nath origins that were begun with Shri Mahendranath's initiatives.

==Writings==
Shri Gurudev Mahendranath wrote numerous articles and essays on [[tantra]] and the [[spiritual life]], including the ''Twilight Yoga Trilogy'', the ''Levogyrate Tantra'', and ''The Londinium Temple Strain'', subsequently collected under the title ''The Scrolls of Mahendranath''. These works present the essentials of spiritual life and the [[tantra|tantric]] path in a humorous, non-dogmatic and non-sectarian manner.

==External Links==
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/ The Scrolls of Mahendranath]
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/order.mhtml The International Nath Order]
* Amookos http://www.sivashakti.com/
* Fellowship of Uttara Circles of Kaulas http://www.johnpowerweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
*http://www.nathsociety.org
http://uttarakaulatanntra.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/uttarakaula-lineages.htm/?m=1

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[[Category:Mystics]]
[[Category:Occultists]]
[[Category:Poets]]
[[Category:Tantrics]]
[[Category:Writers]]

Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

2016-02-18T19:25:42Z

Vilasanath: /* External Links */

'''Shri Gurudev Mahendranath''' (April 29, 1911–August 30, 1991) was a British [[occultist]], [[mystic]], writer, poet, [[sannyasi]], [[sadhu]], [[tantra|tantric]] [[guru]], and [[Avadhut]]. He was introduced to [[Thelema]] by [[Aleister Crowley]] and espoused the [[tantra|tantric]] philosophy of [[Svecchachara]] which he considered the Sanskrit equivalent of [[Thelema]].

==Biography==
Born '''Lawrence Miles''' in London, England on April 29, 1911, his interests in the area of spiritual investigation and the [[Paganism|Pagan]] way of life began at an unusually early age. During his childhood, he had a number of unique experiences which began the course of his inner development and later led to his spiritual attainment and recognition by a vast public.

As a young man, Shri Mahendranath met and exchanged ideas with the advanced thinker and mystic, Aleister Crowley. Personal experiences and the advice of Mr. Crowley suggested that he might gain valuable insight by the deeper study of [[meditation]] and the [[I Ching]] oracle with Indian and other Asian Masters.

After some years, Shri Mahendranath arrived in [[Wikipedia:India|India]] on [[Guru Purnima]], July 14, 1953. On this auspicious date, he was given initiation as a [[sannyasi]] into the [[Adinath]] sampradaya by H.H. Shri Sadguru Lokanath, the [[Avadhut]] of the Himalayas. He was later given [[Tantra|Tantric]] initiation by Shri Pagala Baba of [[Wikipedia:Ranchi|Ranchi]] into the [[Uttara Kaula]] sect of Northern Tantrics and became his successor.

During his life as a [[sannyasi]], Shri Mahendranath traveled to Ceylon, Thailand, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Australia. He also received initiations as a Bhutanese [[Tibetan Buddhism|Lama]], Meditation Master in [[Soto]] [[Zen]], [[Taoism]], and both [[Mahayana]] and [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism]].

He founded ''Amookos'' and the ''International Nath Order'' (originally ''Western Nath Order'') to present and promote his own synthesis of the [[tantra|tantric]] teachings of the [[Adinath]] and [[Uttara Kaula]] lineages as a spiritual path for the western householder. Initiates of his ''International Nath Order'' and ''Amookos'' are known as [[Nath]]s.

Shri Gurudev Mahendranath left his body and achieved [[Mahasamadhi]] on [[August 30]], [[1991]]. His last residence was his hermitage—[[Shambhala]] Tapowan—near the Vatrak river, in the state of [[Wikipedia:Gujarat|Gujarat]], [[Wikipedia:India|India]]. He thought he was the last [[guru]] of both the Adi-Nath and Uttara Kaula [[tantra|tantric]] lineages, but was unaware that Pagala Baba's guru in the Uttara Kaula line, Thakar Kalachand had also initiated a female yogini, Mahaswari Ma who had in turn initiated Kulavadhut Sampranand, who survives into the 21st Century. C.E., alongside the Westernised groups Shri Mahendranath started. He was therefore not in a position to merge the Uttara Kaula and Adi Nath traditions. The Adi Nath tradition is to rest in another Nath lineage as well as continuing in the various Westernised groups with Adi Nath origins that were begun with Shri Mahendranath's initiatives.

==Writings==
Shri Gurudev Mahendranath wrote numerous articles and essays on [[tantra]] and the [[spiritual life]], including the ''Twilight Yoga Trilogy'', the ''Levogyrate Tantra'', and ''The Londinium Temple Strain'', subsequently collected under the title ''The Scrolls of Mahendranath''. These works present the essentials of spiritual life and the [[tantra|tantric]] path in a humorous, non-dogmatic and non-sectarian manner.

==External Links==
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/ The Scrolls of Mahendranath]
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/order.mhtml The International Nath Order]
* Amookos http://www.sivashakti.com/
* Fellowship of Uttara Circles of Kaulas http://www.johnpowerweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
http://uttarakaulatanntra.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/uttarakaula-lineages.htm/?m=1

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Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

2016-02-18T15:49:30Z

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'''Shri Gurudev Mahendranath''' (April 29, 1911–August 30, 1991) was a British [[occultist]], [[mystic]], writer, poet, [[sannyasi]], [[sadhu]], [[tantra|tantric]] [[guru]], and [[Avadhut]]. He was introduced to [[Thelema]] by [[Aleister Crowley]] and espoused the [[tantra|tantric]] philosophy of [[Svecchachara]] which he considered the Sanskrit equivalent of [[Thelema]].

==Biography==
Born '''Lawrence Miles''' in London, England on April 29, 1911, his interests in the area of spiritual investigation and the [[Paganism|Pagan]] way of life began at an unusually early age. During his childhood, he had a number of unique experiences which began the course of his inner development and later led to his spiritual attainment and recognition by a vast public.

As a young man, Shri Mahendranath met and exchanged ideas with the advanced thinker and mystic, Aleister Crowley. Personal experiences and the advice of Mr. Crowley suggested that he might gain valuable insight by the deeper study of [[meditation]] and the [[I Ching]] oracle with Indian and other Asian Masters.

After some years, Shri Mahendranath arrived in [[Wikipedia:India|India]] on [[Guru Purnima]], July 14, 1953. On this auspicious date, he was given initiation as a [[sannyasi]] into the [[Adinath]] sampradaya by H.H. Shri Sadguru Lokanath, the [[Avadhut]] of the Himalayas. He was later given [[Tantra|Tantric]] initiation by Shri Pagala Baba of [[Wikipedia:Ranchi|Ranchi]] into the [[Uttara Kaula]] sect of Northern Tantrics and became his successor.

During his life as a [[sannyasi]], Shri Mahendranath traveled to Ceylon, Thailand, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Australia. He also received initiations as a Bhutanese [[Tibetan Buddhism|Lama]], Meditation Master in [[Soto]] [[Zen]], [[Taoism]], and both [[Mahayana]] and [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism]].

He founded ''Amookos'' and the ''International Nath Order'' (originally ''Western Nath Order'') to present and promote his own synthesis of the [[tantra|tantric]] teachings of the [[Adinath]] and [[Uttara Kaula]] lineages as a spiritual path for the western householder. Initiates of his ''International Nath Order'' and ''Amookos'' are known as [[Nath]]s.

Shri Gurudev Mahendranath left his body and achieved [[Mahasamadhi]] on [[August 30]], [[1991]]. His last residence was his hermitage—[[Shambhala]] Tapowan—near the Vatrak river, in the state of [[Wikipedia:Gujarat|Gujarat]], [[Wikipedia:India|India]]. He thought he was the last [[guru]] of both the Adi-Nath and Uttara Kaula [[tantra|tantric]] lineages, but was unaware that Pagala Baba's guru in the Uttara Kaula line, Thakar Kalachand had also initiated a female yogini, Mahaswari Ma who had in turn initiated Kulavadhut Sampranand, who survives into the 21st Century. C.E., alongside the Westernised groups Shri Mahendranath started. He was therefore not in a position to merge the Uttara Kaula and Adi Nath traditions. The Adi Nath tradition is to rest in another Nath lineage as well as continuing in the various Westernised groups with Adi Nath origins that were begun with Shri Mahendranath's initiatives.

==Writings==
Shri Gurudev Mahendranath wrote numerous articles and essays on [[tantra]] and the [[spiritual life]], including the ''Twilight Yoga Trilogy'', the ''Levogyrate Tantra'', and ''The Londinium Temple Strain'', subsequently collected under the title ''The Scrolls of Mahendranath''. These works present the essentials of spiritual life and the [[tantra|tantric]] path in a humorous, non-dogmatic and non-sectarian manner.

==External Links==
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/ The Scrolls of Mahendranath]
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/order.mhtml The International Nath Order]
* Amookos http://www.sivashakti.com/
* Fellowship of Uttara Circles of Kaulas http://www.johnpowerweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

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Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

2016-02-18T15:48:51Z

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'''Shri Gurudev Mahendranath''' (April 29, 1911–August 30, 1991) was a British [[occultist]], [[mystic]], writer, poet, [[sannyasi]], [[sadhu]], [[tantra|tantric]] [[guru]], and [[Avadhut]]. He was introduced to [[Thelema]] by [[Aleister Crowley]] and espoused the [[tantra|tantric]] philosophy of [[Svecchachara]] which he considered the Sanskrit equivalent of [[Thelema]].

==Biography==
Born '''Lawrence Miles''' in London, England on April 29, 1911, his interests in the area of spiritual investigation and the [[Paganism|Pagan]] way of life began at an unusually early age. During his childhood, he had a number of unique experiences which began the course of his inner development and later led to his spiritual attainment and recognition by a vast public.

As a young man, Shri Mahendranath met and exchanged ideas with the advanced thinker and mystic, Aleister Crowley. Personal experiences and the advice of Mr. Crowley suggested that he might gain valuable insight by the deeper study of [[meditation]] and the [[I Ching]] oracle with Indian and other Asian Masters.

After some years, Shri Mahendranath arrived in [[Wikipedia:India|India]] on [[Guru Purnima]], July 14, 1953. On this auspicious date, he was given initiation as a [[sannyasi]] into the [[Adinath]] sampradaya by H.H. Shri Sadguru Lokanath, the [[Avadhut]] of the Himalayas. He was later given [[Tantra|Tantric]] initiation by Shri Pagala Baba of [[Wikipedia:Ranchi|Ranchi]] into the [[Uttara Kaula]] sect of Northern Tantrics and became his successor.

During his life as a [[sannyasi]], Shri Mahendranath traveled to Ceylon, Thailand, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Australia. He also received initiations as a Bhutanese [[Tibetan Buddhism|Lama]], Meditation Master in [[Soto]] [[Zen]], [[Taoism]], and both [[Mahayana]] and [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism]].

He founded ''Amookos'' and the ''International Nath Order'' (originally ''Western Nath Order'') to present and promote his own synthesis of the [[tantra|tantric]] teachings of the [[Adinath]] and [[Uttara Kaula]] lineages as a spiritual path for the western householder. Initiates of his ''International Nath Order'' and ''Amookos'' are known as [[Nath]]s.

Shri Gurudev Mahendranath left his body and achieved [[Mahasamadhi]] on [[August 30]], [[1991]]. His last residence was his hermitage—[[Shambhala]] Tapowan—near the Vatrak river, in the state of [[Wikipedia:Gujarat|Gujarat]], [[Wikipedia:India|India]]. He thought he was the last [[guru]] of both the Adi-Nath and Uttara Kaula [[tantra|tantric]] lineages, but was unaware that Pagala Baba's guru in the Uttara Kaula line, Thakar Kalachand had also initiated a female yogini, Mahaswari Ma who had in turn initiated Kulavadhut Sampranand, who survives into the 21st Century. C.E., alongside the Westernised groups Shri Mahendranath started. He was therefore not in a position to merge the Uttara Kaula and Adi Nath traditions. The Adi Nath tradition is to rest in another Nath lineage as well as continuing in the various Westernised groups with Adi Nath origins that were begun with Shri Mahendranath's initiatives.

==Writings==
Shri Gurudev Mahendranath wrote numerous articles and essays on [[tantra]] and the [[spiritual life]], including the ''Twilight Yoga Trilogy'', the ''Levogyrate Tantra'', and ''The Londinium Temple Strain'', subsequently collected under the title ''The Scrolls of Mahendranath''. These works present the essentials of spiritual life and the [[tantra|tantric]] path in a humorous, non-dogmatic and non-sectarian manner.

==External Links==
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/ The Scrolls of Mahendranath]
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/order.mhtml The International Nath Order]
* Amookos http://www.sivashakti.com/
* Fellowship of Uttara Circles of Kaulas http://www.johnpowerweb.pwp. blueyonder.co.uk/

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Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

2016-02-18T15:42:39Z

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'''Shri Gurudev Mahendranath''' (April 29, 1911–August 30, 1991) was a British [[occultist]], [[mystic]], writer, poet, [[sannyasi]], [[sadhu]], [[tantra|tantric]] [[guru]], and [[Avadhut]]. He was introduced to [[Thelema]] by [[Aleister Crowley]] and espoused the [[tantra|tantric]] philosophy of [[Svecchachara]] which he considered the Sanskrit equivalent of [[Thelema]].

==Biography==
Born '''Lawrence Miles''' in London, England on April 29, 1911, his interests in the area of spiritual investigation and the [[Paganism|Pagan]] way of life began at an unusually early age. During his childhood, he had a number of unique experiences which began the course of his inner development and later led to his spiritual attainment and recognition by a vast public.

As a young man, Shri Mahendranath met and exchanged ideas with the advanced thinker and mystic, Aleister Crowley. Personal experiences and the advice of Mr. Crowley suggested that he might gain valuable insight by the deeper study of [[meditation]] and the [[I Ching]] oracle with Indian and other Asian Masters.

After some years, Shri Mahendranath arrived in [[Wikipedia:India|India]] on [[Guru Purnima]], July 14, 1953. On this auspicious date, he was given initiation as a [[sannyasi]] into the [[Adinath]] sampradaya by H.H. Shri Sadguru Lokanath, the [[Avadhut]] of the Himalayas. He was later given [[Tantra|Tantric]] initiation by Shri Pagala Baba of [[Wikipedia:Ranchi|Ranchi]] into the [[Uttara Kaula]] sect of Northern Tantrics and became his successor.

During his life as a [[sannyasi]], Shri Mahendranath traveled to Ceylon, Thailand, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Australia. He also received initiations as a Bhutanese [[Tibetan Buddhism|Lama]], Meditation Master in [[Soto]] [[Zen]], [[Taoism]], and both [[Mahayana]] and [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism]].

He founded ''Amookos'' and the ''International Nath Order'' (originally ''Western Nath Order'') to present and promote his own synthesis of the [[tantra|tantric]] teachings of the [[Adinath]] and [[Uttara Kaula]] lineages as a spiritual path for the western householder. Initiates of his ''International Nath Order'' and ''Amookos'' are known as [[Nath]]s.

Shri Gurudev Mahendranath left his body and achieved [[Mahasamadhi]] on [[August 30]], [[1991]]. His last residence was his hermitage—[[Shambhala]] Tapowan—near the Vatrak river, in the state of [[Wikipedia:Gujarat|Gujarat]], [[Wikipedia:India|India]]. He thought he was the last [[guru]] of both the Adi-Nath and Uttara Kaula [[tantra|tantric]] lineages, but was unaware that Pagala Baba's guru in the Uttara Kaula line, Thakar Kalachand had also initiated a female yogini, Mahaswari Ma who had in turn initiated Kulavadhut Sampranand, who survives into the 21st Century. C.E., alongside the Westernised groups Shri Mahendranath started. He was therefore not in a position to merge the Uttara Kaula and Adi Nath traditions. The Adi Nath tradition is to rest in another Nath lineage as well as continuing in the various Westernised groups with Adi Nath origins that were begun with Shri Mahendranath's initiatives.

==Writings==
Shri Gurudev Mahendranath wrote numerous articles and essays on [[tantra]] and the [[spiritual life]], including the ''Twilight Yoga Trilogy'', the ''Levogyrate Tantra'', and ''The Londinium Temple Strain'', subsequently collected under the title ''The Scrolls of Mahendranath''. These works present the essentials of spiritual life and the [[tantra|tantric]] path in a humorous, non-dogmatic and non-sectarian manner.

==External Links==
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/ The Scrolls of Mahendranath]
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/order.mhtml The International Nath Order]
*[http://www.sivashakti.com/ for Amookos
*[http://www.johnpowerweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ for Fellowship of Uttara Circles of Kaulas

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Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

2016-02-18T15:29:07Z

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'''Shri Gurudev Mahendranath''' (April 29, 1911–August 30, 1991) was a British [[occultist]], [[mystic]], writer, poet, [[sannyasi]], [[sadhu]], [[tantra|tantric]] [[guru]], and [[Avadhut]]. He was introduced to [[Thelema]] by [[Aleister Crowley]] and espoused the [[tantra|tantric]] philosophy of [[Svecchachara]] which he considered the Sanskrit equivalent of [[Thelema]].

==Biography==
Born '''Lawrence Miles''' in London, England on April 29, 1911, his interests in the area of spiritual investigation and the [[Paganism|Pagan]] way of life began at an unusually early age. During his childhood, he had a number of unique experiences which began the course of his inner development and later led to his spiritual attainment and recognition by a vast public.

As a young man, Shri Mahendranath met and exchanged ideas with the advanced thinker and mystic, Aleister Crowley. Personal experiences and the advice of Mr. Crowley suggested that he might gain valuable insight by the deeper study of [[meditation]] and the [[I Ching]] oracle with Indian and other Asian Masters.

After some years, Shri Mahendranath arrived in [[Wikipedia:India|India]] on [[Guru Purnima]], July 14, 1953. On this auspicious date, he was given initiation as a [[sannyasi]] into the [[Adinath]] sampradaya by H.H. Shri Sadguru Lokanath, the [[Avadhut]] of the Himalayas. He was later given [[Tantra|Tantric]] initiation by Shri Pagala Baba of [[Wikipedia:Ranchi|Ranchi]] into the [[Uttara Kaula]] sect of Northern Tantrics and became his successor.

During his life as a [[sannyasi]], Shri Mahendranath traveled to Ceylon, Thailand, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Australia. He also received initiations as a Bhutanese [[Tibetan Buddhism|Lama]], Meditation Master in [[Soto]] [[Zen]], [[Taoism]], and both [[Mahayana]] and [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism]].

He founded ''Amookos'' and the ''International Nath Order'' (originally ''Western Nath Order'') to present and promote his own synthesis of the [[tantra|tantric]] teachings of the [[Adinath]] and [[Uttara Kaula]] lineages as a spiritual path for the western householder. Initiates of his ''International Nath Order'' and ''Amookos'' are known as [[Nath]]s.

Shri Gurudev Mahendranath left his body and achieved [[Mahasamadhi]] on [[August 30]], [[1991]]. His last residence was his hermitage—[[Shambhala]] Tapowan—near the Vatrak river, in the state of [[Wikipedia:Gujarat|Gujarat]], [[Wikipedia:India|India]]. He thought he was the last [[guru]] of both the Adi-Nath and Uttara Kaula [[tantra|tantric]] lineages, but was unaware that Pagala Baba's guru in the Uttara Kaula line, Thakar Kalachand had also initiated a female yogini, Mahaswari Ma who had in turn initiated Kulavadhut Sampranand, who survives into the 21st Century. C.E., alongside the Westernised groups Shri Mahendranath started. He was therefore not in a position to merge the Uttara Kaula and Adi Nath traditions. The Adi Nath tradition is to rest in another Nath lineage as well as continuing in the various Westernised groups with Adi Nath origins that were begun with Shri Mahendranath's initiatives.

==Writings==
Shri Gurudev Mahendranath wrote numerous articles and essays on [[tantra]] and the [[spiritual life]], including the ''Twilight Yoga Trilogy'', the ''Levogyrate Tantra'', and ''The Londinium Temple Strain'', subsequently collected under the title ''The Scrolls of Mahendranath''. These works present the essentials of spiritual life and the [[tantra|tantric]] path in a humorous, non-dogmatic and non-sectarian manner.

==External Links==
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/ The Scrolls of Mahendranath]
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/order.mhtml The International Nath Order]

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Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

2016-02-18T15:24:10Z

Vilasanath: /* Biography */

'''Shri Gurudev Mahendranath''' (April 29, 1911–August 30, 1991) was a British [[occultist]], [[mystic]], writer, poet, [[sannyasi]], [[sadhu]], [[tantra|tantric]] [[guru]], and [[Avadhut]]. He was introduced to [[Thelema]] by [[Aleister Crowley]] and espoused the [[tantra|tantric]] philosophy of [[Svecchachara]] which he considered the Sanskrit equivalent of [[Thelema]].

==Biography==
Born '''Lawrence Miles''' in London, England on April 29, 1911, his interests in the area of spiritual investigation and the [[Paganism|Pagan]] way of life began at an unusually early age. During his childhood, he had a number of unique experiences which began the course of his inner development and later led to his spiritual attainment and recognition by a vast public.

As a young man, Shri Mahendranath met and exchanged ideas with the advanced thinker and mystic, Aleister Crowley. Personal experiences and the advice of Mr. Crowley suggested that he might gain valuable insight by the deeper study of [[meditation]] and the [[I Ching]] oracle with Indian and other Asian Masters.

After some years, Shri Mahendranath arrived in [[Wikipedia:India|India]] on [[Guru Purnima]], July 14, 1953. On this auspicious date, he was given initiation as a [[sannyasi]] into the [[Adinath]] sampradaya by H.H. Shri Sadguru Lokanath, the [[Avadhut]] of the Himalayas. He was later given [[Tantra|Tantric]] initiation by Shri Pagala Baba of [[Wikipedia:Ranchi|Ranchi]] into the [[Uttara Kaula]] sect of Northern Tantrics and became his successor.

During his life as a [[sannyasi]], Shri Mahendranath traveled to Ceylon, Thailand, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Australia. He also received initiations as a Bhutanese [[Tibetan Buddhism|Lama]], Meditation Master in [[Soto]] [[Zen]], [[Taoism]], and both [[Mahayana]] and [[Theravada]] [[Buddhism]].

He founded ''Amookos'' and the ''International Nath Order'' (originally ''Western Nath Order'') to present and promote his own synthesis of the [[tantra|tantric]] teachings of the [[Adinath]] and [[Uttara Kaula]] lineages as a spiritual path for the western householder. Initiates of his ''International Nath Order'' and ''Amookos'' are known as [[Nath]]s.

Shri Gurudev Mahendranath left his body and achieved [[Mahasamadhi]] on [[August 30]], [[1991]]. His last residence was his hermitage—[[Shambhala]] Tapowan—near the Vatrak river, in the state of [[Wikipedia:Gujarat|Gujarat]], [[Wikipedia:India|India]]. He thought he was the last [[guru]] of both the Adi-Nath and Uttara Kaula [[tantra|tantric]] lineages, but was unaware that Pagala Baba's guru in the Uttara Kaula line, Thakar Kalachand had also initiated a female yogini, Mahaswari Ma who had in turn initiated Kulavadhut Sampranand, who survives into the 21st Century. C.E., alongside the Westernised groups Shri Mahendranath started. He was therefore not in a position to merge the Uttara Kaula and Adi Nath traditions. The Adi Nath tradition is to rest in another Nath lineage as well as continuing in the various Westernised groups with Adi Nath origins that were begun with Shri Mahendranath's initiatives.

==Writings==
Shri Gurudev Mahendranath wrote numerous articles and essays on [[tantra]] and the [[spiritual life]], including the ''Twilight Yoga Trilogy'', the ''Levogyrate Tantra'', and ''The Londinium Temple Strain'', subsequently collected under the title ''The Scrolls of Mahendranath''. These works present the essentials of spiritual life and the [[tantra|tantric]] path in a humorous, non-dogmatic and non-sectarian manner.

==External Links==
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/ The Scrolls of Mahendranath]
*[http://www.mahendranath.org/order.mhtml The International Nath Order]

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