The room where Guru Sahib Ji is in prakash and successive akand paths are held throughout the tantric yoga practices, has a roll-up garage type door which is opened for about half an hour in the early morning at the end of what is called The Aquarian Sadhana – more on that shortly. This large structure seats at least 1500 people and is used for the Tantric Yoga practices which take up 80 percent of the time during the gathering.Īt one end there is a stage which is usually adorned with huge pictures or videos of Yogi Bhajan. This gurdwara has always been essentially a sideshow, a smaller room attached to the much larger structure used for large diwaan services with the Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji in prakash & the same space is used for Tantric and Kundalini Yoga along with bhangra dancing and other activities.
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The first gurdwara was set up in 1973 and there has been a gurdwara at the Summer Solstice tantric yoga gathering ever since.
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From 1972 onwards – Yogi Bhajan gradually allowed elements of Sikhi to be taught and included in the program. Starting in 1971, the practice of Yogi Bhajan’s Tantric and Kundalini Yoga became the main focus of this Summer Solstice gathering this is still true today. The gathering has been held every year since then at the same time, the last part of June, almost exclusively in New Mexico. The teaching was mostly kundalini yoga with some Native American rituals thrown in for good measure. This was essentially a hippy gathering, however no drugs, alcohol, tobacco or meat were allowed. The following year, in 1970, the first official 3HO Summer Solstice gathering was held, also in New Mexico. In 1969, Yogi Bhajan was invited to teach yoga at this first Summer Solstice hippy gathering. Of course Sikh Rehat Maryada states that Sikhs should not believe in auspicious times, but let’s leave that for now. "Reflections on 30 years of Yogi Bhajan tantric & kundalini yoga at "Summer Solstice Sadhana"" It is considered by many indigenous people to be a mystical and auspicious time. Summer Solstice, usually June 21st, is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. In 1969 a large group of American hippies gathered in the mountains of New Mexico.
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Let me explain about the 3HO Summer Solstice tantric yoga gathering. Sadly it seems that he has chosen to not only ignore the un Sikh like practices of 3HO but to condone them. Recently he visited the 3HO Summer Solstice tantric yoga Celebration in New Mexico, USA where he participated in the various activities they do there. It’s obvious that Jagraj Singh feels very strongly about the importance of the Sikh Rehat Maryada
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Jagraj Singh speaks eloquently and often passionately about many issues of interest to young Sikhs.įor example, on a recent video, he talks about Sikh Rehat Maryada and says:ġ0:21 “When you get a diaspora growing you need more clarity otherwise things just go all over the place.”Īnd in the same lecture he very wisely says:ġ1:10 “And obviously as we talked about, when new people come into Sikhi they need some guidance as well.”Įxactly, Jagraj Singh, they need some guidance, just as we all need guidance from Guru Sahib.ġ5:49 “At a panthic level we all have to agree we all have to unite”.
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This is an admirable goal and he is fulfilling a tremendous need, particularly since the SGPC and most gurdwara committees have no idea how to approach this group of largely disenchanted young Sikhs. Now Jagraj Singh has apparently dedicated his life to parchaar, by propagating Sikhi mainly in English, with a specific target of young Sikhs who have been born in the Sikh diaspora, particularly the UK, USA and Canada. Recently SikhNet – a website that is part of the Yogi Bhajan empire - put out a video entitled Basics of Sikhi talk with Mr Sikhnet on judgement among Sikhs.įor those who may not know, Basics of Sikhi is an organization based in the UK and mainly run by a young Sikh named Jagraj Singh.