Birth Place
Kot Harkarn, Pujab India
Foundation of Teaching
Sikhism, Kundalini Yoga, Compassion, Presence
Example of Teaching
“When you don’t go within, you go without.”
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Yogi Bhajan
Siri Singh Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji (born as Harbhajan Singh Puri) (August 26, 1929–October 6, 2004), also known as Yogi Bhajan and Siri Singh Sahib, was a spiritual leader and entrepreneur who introduced Kundalini Yoga to the United States. He was the spiritual director of the 3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization) Foundation, with over 300 centers in 35 countries, and the founder of Sikh Dharma, a Sikh sect based in the United States.
While Yoga practice and philosophy is generally considered a part of Hindu culture, Singh distinguished himself as a teacher and practitioner of yoga and a Sikh. He quoted Bhai Gurdas to say, “The Sikhs who are Yogis remain detached and wakeful in the world of attachments.”
While adhering to the three pillars of Patanjali’s traditional yoga system: discipline, self-awareness and self-dedication (Patanjali Yoga Sutras, II:1), Kundalini Yoga as taught by Singh did not condone extremes of asceticism or renunciation. Singh encouraged his students to marry, establish businesses, and be fully engaged in society. Rather than worshiping God, Singh insisted that his students train their mind to experience God.
His students referred to Singh’s yoga teachings as Raj Yoga which they described as the yoga of living detached, yet fully engaged in the world. In respect of the rigor of his teachings, Singh would find kinship with other 20th century Sikh sadhu saints, such as Sant Baba Attar Singh, Sant Baba Nand Singh, and Bhai Randhir Singh. In the outreach of his teachings, Singh’s contributions are unparalleled in modern times
Articles and Posts
- The One Minute Breath - Yogi Bhajan
views: 466Yogi Bhajan: “When you practice one breath a minute, then you become Pavan Guru—you become the light and knowledge of the prana, and then you know the Universe, the Universe knows you.” The One Minute Breath is a great technique to [...]
- Dear Yogiji: Questions And Answers about Spiritual Teachers In The Aquarian Age
views: 393by Yogi Bhajan: What is a spiritual teacher? A: None of you have any idea about what a spiritual teacher is. In India, it took five thousand years to come to an understanding of what a spiritual teacher is and [...]
- Conscious Pregnancy
views: 329Yogi Bhajan left us an extensive array of inspiration and practical yogic tools for a conscious pregnancy… Yogic teachings encourage a woman to care for herself and prepare for motherhood by having a daily practice of meditation, yoga, chanting, and [...]
- Yogi Bhajan Answers Questions About Sacred Sex
views: 807Q: Would you explain the blending of the auras? Yogi Bhajan: When a man and woman have intercourse, their Yin and Yang energies merge, and their auras blend; it is a purification. The two people become a different third person. [...]
- Yogi Bhajan Lecture: What is Yoga?
views: 374by Yogi Bhajan: A Lecture by Yogi Bhajan, The Aquarian Teacher Level 1 Teacher Training Manual… I have found that people lack a basic understanding about the goals, process, and techniques of Kundalini Yoga. They do not understand the core concept of [...]
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Videos
Yogi Bhajan Lecture: Control Of The Mindviews: 2104
A Tribute Montage Of Yogi Bhajan (Video)views: 2267
God Is Not Outside of Youviews: 2764
Touch Every Heart: Be the Forkliftviews: 1999
Discover Your Soulviews: 2016
Mind Games and Kriya for the Hypothalamusviews: 3654
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Quotes
- “You have to bounce in life with joy. Your strength lies in your smiles and your songs.”
- “Your strength lies in your smiles and your songs.”
- “Compassion is for the very strong. Compassion does not come to the weak. People who are unkind, bullies, use rude language, are not strong people. They are very weak people.”
- “Any woman on this planet who values herself as a woman is great. She is a giver of life. And when you are a giver of life, what more is there?”
- “You don’t have to learn to be wise. If you just flow you can be successful. Mother Nature will carry you.”
- “Life is simple. Life is not complicated. Life is only one thing: Identify yourself.”
- “There are three things you cannot hide: smell of the garlic, fragrance of the flower and the wisdom of the teacher.”