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siddha tradition is as old as Hinduism; Goraknath, to whom we
attribute the Tantric tradition was himself the 84th and the last in
the line of master siddhas. All in the line engaged in the same
search for experience of Reality and Truth but everyone sought to
communicate it in the spirit of time in which he lived. The same is
true of the 24 Jain Tirthankaras and 24 Buddhas. In our times we
have the case of the Sikh Gurus - the nine following Guru Nanak
embodying the same spirit and engaging in the same search and yet
communicating it in different forms. Masters such as Ramakrishna
Parmahansa, Sri Aurobindo and Maharishi Raman too sought to renew
old traditions. Sri Aurobindo even wrote mostly in the English
language. Such a civilization just cannot admit of revivalism.
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