Essential Sikh Yoga

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam. Since most of the recent posts under the heading Re:

wikipedia listing for yogi bhajan have been about the subject of " Sikh

Yoga, " I am beginning a new topic heading.

 

To get to the point, if you would like to see more of what his

holiness himself had to say on this topic, you may visit my blog.

There, you will find 21 quotes taken over the years that touch on the

subject in one way or another.

 

http://www.gurufathasingh.com/myweblog

 

If you are interested, I can tell you I did this research after Yogi

Bhajan Ji told me to write his biography. I soon realized that to do

that I would need a pretty good understanding of his teachings, his

mission and the overall context of his life and relations, including

his challenges and opponents. This is where I stumbled across the

yoga in the original Sikh tradition.

 

Of course, Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan is for everyone,

like the Golden Temple is for everyone. There is no point in making

artificial distinctions. The term " Sikh Yoga " simply comes from the

historic quote of Bhai Gurdas. (The Gursikh Yogis are awake and

detached in the maya.) Where there are Gursikh Yogis, there has to be

Gursikh Yoga.

 

You may call it anything, and frankly my use of the term is meant to

be educational for those Sikhs who have never considered yoga to have

anything to do with their tradition, as much as for the yogis who feel

the reverse.

 

Thanks for your patience and bearing with what I agree is a difficult

subject. I will keep Yogi Bhajan's quotes, which are cleared by KRI

for publication in an upcoming book on this subject, on my blog for a

couple of weeks. If you would like to research this subject further,

contact me and I will let you know when " The Essential Gursikh Yogi:

The Yoga and Yogis in the Past, Present and Future of Sikh Dharma "

comes out.

 

Blessings abounding...

 

Guru Fatha Singh