ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>LOH&#256R&#298P&#256</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="LOHR*P"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279LOH&#256R&#298P&#256, a Gorakhpanth&#299 <i>yog&#299</i>, whose name occurs in Gur&#363 N&#257nak's <i>Sidh Gos&#7789i</i> in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib. The <i>Sidh Gos&#7789i</i> is a versified account of the Gur&#363's discourse with a group of N&#257tha ascetics. Among them is mentioned Loh&#257r&#299p&#257 which is taken to be the Punjabi form of Luip&#257, Tibetan name for Matsyendran&#257th who flourished in the 10th century AD. Loh&#257r&#299p&#257 in Gur&#363 N&#257nak's <i>Sidh Gos&#7789i</i> may be the name given a contemporary N&#257tha <i>yog&#299</i>. In the verses in the text, he says that the <i>yog&#299s</i> live in the woods away from the world, eat roots and fruit and bathe at the pilgrim centres, thus attaining peace and tranquillity. Gur&#363 N&#257nak said that without cherishing the Lord's Name, the mind will not be stilled. Whether in the family or outside, one should not even for a wink be oblivious of Him.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Bhall&#257, Sar&#363p D&#257s, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>. Patiala, 1971<BR> <li class="C1"> Bh&#257rat&#299, Dharam V&#299r, <i>Siddha S&#257hitya</i>. Allahabad, 1968<BR> <li class="C1"> Dwived&#299, Haz&#257r&#299 Prasad, <i>N&#257th Samprad&#257ya</i>. Varanasi, 1966<BR> <li class="C1"> Jodh Singh, <i>The Religious Philosophy of Guru Nanak</i>. Varanasi, 1983<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>