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
- Kriya for Creating Self-Love
views: 175“Love doesn’t rule you. What rules you is fear, phenomenal fear. Through this kriya, love can be invoked and fear can be reduced.” –Yogi Bhajan This kriya helps to open the heart, create a positive relationship to the self, and [...]
- All About Kundalini Yoga: The Golden Chain, Gurus, And Yogi Bhajan
views: 371by Dr. Ramdesh: “The spiritual teacher is the link of Infinity within two finites. Truth is infinite. It cannot be captured in any mental or emotional imagination. Teaching is infinity.” ~Yogi Bhajan What is the Golden Chain? The Golden Chain is [...]
- Yogi Bhajan’s Lecture On Awakening The Mind To Prayer
views: 441by Yogi Bhajan: Every person is born into the world with the concept and capability to realize and access the Infinite Energy within them… Some people call that experience “God,” while others quake in fear at the sound of that well-used [...]
- All About Kundalini Yoga: Kriya (Asana, Mudra, & Bandha)
views: 3257by Ramdesh Kaur: This series is dedicated to sharing the knowledge contained in “The Aquarian Teacher”, the teacher training manual shared by all students of the KRI certified Kundalini yoga teacher training program. This article is focused on Chapter 9 [...]
- Kundalini Yoga History Wikipedia
views: 4152Kundalini yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual discipline for developing strength, awareness, character, and consciousness. Practitioners call Kundalini yoga the yoga of awareness because it focuses primarily on practices that expand sensory awareness and intuition in order to raise individual consciousness and merge [...]
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Videos
God Is Not Outside of You - Yogi Bhajanviews: 3454
Yogi Bhajan Lecture: Control Of The Mindviews: 2658
A Tribute Montage Of Yogi Bhajan (Video)views: 2567
Touch Every Heart: Be the Forkliftviews: 2303
Discover Your Soulviews: 2335
Mind Games and Kriya for the Hypothalamusviews: 4209
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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.”