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I had a very saintly grandfather, and a saintly family tradition and disposition.

There were thousands of servants to whom my word was the law, and I could have whatever I wanted, like a rich, spoiled kid.īut I was lucky. I was the elder son of the ruling dynasty, like the Prince of Wales, and I had every opportunity to act like a total idiot. I played with diamonds for marbles and I had great authority. He recalled: I was born into a very rich family. It all began for the Siri Singh Sahib at a very young age, when he was still known as Harbhajan Singh. In a real way, Sant Hazara Singh is my teacher too. When he spoke of his own spiritual teacher, you knew it is a profound matter.Ī while back, I began compiling these stories, not only because they give me a better window on my own teacher, but also because they help me understand that I am indeed part of an eternal Golden Chain. Nothing changed the look on his face more dramatically than when he recalled "Santji." Suddenly his features would soften, his eyes looking to the distant past, the pain of separation like a fresh wound. However, there is only one man whom he called his teacher, and that was Sant Hazara Singh of Gujaranwala (an area of northern India which is now part of Pakistan). Over the past thirty years, I (Shanti Kaur) listened to Yogi Bhajan speak of his many spiritual guides. Yogi Bhajan became the Master of Kundalini Yoga at the age of 16-1/2. His grandfather, Bhai Fateh Singh, made the proposal and he was accepted. Harbhajan Singh was deeply attracted to Sant Hazara Singh, who had a mastery over all aspects of life, and he asked his parents if he could learn from him. He was also a renowned horseman and a master of Gatka, the ancient Sikh martial art.

He was just eight years old when he met Sant Hazara Singh, a great mystic and yogi of his time. Yogi Bahjan's name was Harbhajan Singh Puri. He fostered economic development in every community in which he participated, annually conducted business seminars, and authored several books that provide guidance to both the aspiring entrepreneur and seasoned business executive alike.Īs the Siri Singh Sahib, or the Sikh leader in the Western Hemisphere, he met with Pope John Paul II to promote inter-religious dialogue and worked with the Dalai Lama and the Archbishop of Canterbury to foster world peace.This is a beautiful description of Yogi Bhajan's relationship to his Teacher Sant Hazara Singh by Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa. He founded several foods companies that manufacture and distribute natural products based on these teachings. He authored and published more than 30 books on topics ranging from spirituality and consciousness to communication and psychology. He emerged as a religious, community and business leader with a distinguished reputation as a man of peace, world-vision, wisdom and compassion. in communications psychology from the University of Humanistic Studies in San Francisco. This popular attention speaks not only to the proven benefits of yoga and meditation, but also to the increasing public interest in spirituality and a healthy lifestyle.īorn Harbhajan Singh in what is now Pakistan to a family of healers and community leaders, Yogi Bhajan studied comparative religion and Vedic philosophy in his undergraduate years, and received his Masters in Economics with honors from Punjab University. Yogi Bhajan blazed a trail, and after decades of determined effort on the part of 3HO and the Kundalini Research Institute, yoga and meditation have gained widespread acceptance in the West. Yogi Bhajan created a family, known as 3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization), and soon 3HO teaching centers sprang up across the United States and throughout the world. Soon realizing that Kundalini Yoga could give them a peaceful inner euphoria naturally, young people began arriving by the busloads to his classes. He recognized their experimentation with drugs and altered states of consciousness expressed a deeper desire to experience a holistic and liberating sense of awareness and a longing for family, for connection with themselves and one another. Yogi Bhajan first reached out to the youth of the turbulent 1960s. No matter that not a single student was present that evening he came to teach and he spoke to the empty hall. Then a 39-year-old recent émigré from India, he left behind a government career to realize the vision of bringing Kundalini Yoga to the West. Yogi Bhajan, a Master of Kundalini Yoga by the age of 16 – itself a rare feat – gave his first lecture at a Los Angeles high school gym on January 5, 1969.