They remember the Pir Sakhi Sultan and recount the stories of Mata Rani. The village where I live in Punjab, most people are Sikh but also engage in Hindu and Muslim rituals. This was not in the least shocking to me. I spoke with him after his presentation, and he told me he comes from a Hindu background. He attended the annual European Khalsa Council meetings in Germany, where he spoke about Shastar Vidya. I met Nidar Singh for the first time two weeks a go. Numerous other excellent resources are available (as we have above) that present Sikhi in an authentic form, so we don't need an additional resource with a highly controversial (deceased) leader with links to the RSS and a checkered history of deliberate misrepresentation of Sikhi as a resource for newcomers. That's exactly why it should be avoided by newcomers altogether.Īnything related to Yogi Bhajan/Kundalini Yoga/3HO should be avoided before newcomers start to get the impression that Sikhi has anything to do with tantric/Kundalini yoga ashrams, wearing all white clothes, dancing to Gurbani and a litany of other practices that have absolutely nothing to do with Sikhi which Yogi Bhajan/3HO/Sikhnet are well known for. Most newcomers know barely anything about Sikhi if anything at all. It's actually not so easy for a person new to Sikhi to tell the difference. True, there is some stuff that comes from a Kundalini yoga/3HO perspective rather than a purely Sikh one, but after a bit of digging around it's pretty easy to tell the difference. Yogi Bhajan was nothing more than a Hindu RSS businessman disguised like a Sikh, who basically fused yoga/tantric ideas with Sikhi and profited off of unsuspecting and impressionable innocent youngsters, widows, etc. Some of the pictures were leaked out on the internet: Yogi Bhajan's funeral ceremony was actually conducted in secret in Rishikesh with some of his ashes immersed in the Ganges. This is a book that all Sikhs must read to educate themselves with how 3HO works and the kind of things they do. Heck, there's an entire book written about it all by Trilochan Singh: Pictures and videos of 3HO and their various antics are available everywhere on the internet and on Youtube. Sikhnet receives funding (by donation just like you've written above) from 3HO and the RSS through a network of various shell 'sponsors' and organizations to disguise the true sponsors (RSS), along with other unsuspecting Sikhs who aren't headstrong enough to understand the 3HO-Sikhnet-RSS backchannel nexus.ģHO acts as a gateway to recruit more members to various for-profit business ventures of (late) Yogi Bhajan's business empire via Kundalini Yoga (through network of 'Ashrams'), 'Breathwalk', spiritual names (for a nominal fee of $35), tantric hodge-podge and other gimmicks that have nothing to do with Sikhi. “SikhNet is not funded by any other organizations, and relies on two funding sources (1) Donations from users, sponsors and grantors and (2) membership fees.” Sikhnet does not receive funding from 3HO. Some of his ashes remained in the United States, and were scattered at Ram Das Puri in Espanola, New Mexico on Apalso according to his wishes.” ( Link)

As per his instructions, Yogi Bhajan's ashes were only dispersed at Kiratpur Sahib. Some of these services included a program at Manji Sahib in the Golden Temple on Saturday, January 15th, and a program at Gurdwara Bangala Sahib in New Delhi on January 16th. The trip to India included additional memorial services.

“In accordance with his last wishes, Yogi Bhajan's ashes were immersed at Kiratpur Sahib on January 11, 2005, during a ceremony that began at 2 pm. whole funeral was in accordance to Hindu rites and not Sikh rites in Rishikesh This in contrast to Akal Security and Yogi Tea, which are successful for-profit businesses, with tens of millions in annual revenues. It’s a non-profit organization and a registered NGO within the UN. Yogi Bhajan was indeed a Hindu RSS agent and Sikhnet is affiliated with the RSS, which is clear to anyone who is aware of their history.ģHO (the most lucrative of Yoga Bhajan's ventures) “SikhNet is not funded by any other organizations, and relies on two funding sources (1) Donations from users, sponsors and grantors and (2) membership fees.” ( Link to financial reports)ģHO is just a tantric yoga cult perversion of Sikhi.

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