To SikhNet : "Tantric yoga is against Sikhi, always was & always will be! Read the SRM (Sikh Rehit Maryada), the Rehatnamas of Bhai Daya Singh and Bhai Nand Lai, that a Khalsa should not practice any tantric yoga asanas, yantras, mantras and Tantras." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shf_Nx4U7xA Gursant Singh’s response to Gurumustuk Singh’s (Mr SikhNet ) blog post: “Universal Sikhi ~ Across Cultures, Religions & Continents” Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh! Dear Gurumustuk Singh Ji, In reading your recent article you make some points that need to be answered. You say: "Detractors will try to tell me how yoga is against Sikhi without even understanding what I practice and the practical benefits of it to a householder.” http://www.sikhnet.com/news/universal-sikhi-across-cultures-religions-continents There is nothing to understand, Tantric yoga is against Sikhi, always was and always will be! Read the SRM (Sikh Rehit Maryada), the Rehatnamas of Bhai Daya Singh and Bhai Nand Lai, that a Khalsa should not practice any tantric yoga asanas, yantras, mantras and Tantras. Sikhs may hold differing opinions on physical yoga asanas, such as some of the Kundalini Yoga that you practice. Some believe it is totally against Sikhi; others believe it is fine as long as it is only regarded as an exercise for fitness. But they all agree on this: Tantric Yoga asanas and the tantras & mantras of Yogi Bhajan are not a part of Sikhi. Dr. Trilochan Singh outlined this quite clearly in a book after spending months with Yogi Bhajan. I’m sure by now you’ve at least heard of his book “Sikhism and Tantric Yoga” which I encourage you to read if for no other reason to try and understand how most of the Sikh world views Yogi Bhajan, 3HO and the un-Sikh like practices Yogi Bhajan taught you and you so stubbornly are attached to. Here is a link where you can download the book for free as a pdf: http://gurmukhyoga.com/forum/index.php?mode=page&id;=1 Then you say: “Then there are some people who have so much anger or hate inside themselves that they have made it their “mission” to slander, spread false and misleading information, making every attempt to put down SSS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa and Sikhs from western origin, in a supposed attempt to “save” others from us, as if they know THE right way.” Well, there’s a great deal of judgment here on your part. Does it not occur to you that, rather than hate, there are a lot of people who feel extremely concerned about the way that Yogi Bhajan’s Sikh Darma & 3HO are practicing a form of Sikhi that is not congruent with SRM and is moving further away on a daily basis? Does it ever occur to you that these individuals feel the need to point this out? Can you not see that this attempt to set the record straight is not motivated by hate but by a genuine concern for the future of Sikhi? I see this concern on Sikh discussion groups from all around the world. Many Sikhs are genuinely worried about the direction that 3HO and SD (Sikh Dharma) are taking as you can read on this forum: http://www.wackoworldofyogibhajan.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t;=292#p1332 Furthermore, false and misleading information can easily be defeated with facts. I have yet to see you, Sikhnet or other SD members meet any of this so-called “false and misleading information” with facts. Your usual response is to either ignore the info, delete it from the forum if you have the power to do so, or to indulge in what is called an ad hominem attack - to attack the character of the messenger. This is what you are doing in your article when you say “there are some people who have so much anger or hate inside themselves”. How do you know they are motivated by hate? How do you know that they are not genuinely concerned? Has SikhNet never responded to legitimate concerns by Sikhs that Yogi Bhajan was given Hindu last rites and many 3HO members participated in Rishikesh as Anju Kaur at SikhNN.com so clearly revealed in her article published almost a year ago now because SikhNet believes the story is false or that you think Anju Kaur is engaging in a “hate campaign”?: http://www.sikhnn.com/headlines/2680/yogi-bhajan-given-hindu-last-rites?page=2 Continued at: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=853803454672226&id;=216237598428818¬if;_t=like

• published: 02 Dec 2014
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