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Guru Fatha Singh Khalsa 2014Thinking is free,But reproduction or transfer of creative works should be licensed.Please respect the copyright of creators and their creations.For permissions, contact:gurufathasingh@gmail.com G. Khalsa, 363 Palmerston Blvd, Toronto, ON M6G 2N6 CANADANational Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication DataKhalsa, Guru Fatha Singh, 1954-The essential gursikh yogi: the yoga and yogis in the past, present and future of sikhdharma / Guru Fatha Singh Khalsa; GS Sohan Singh, cover art.Includes bibliographic referencesISBN 978-0-9682658-1-91. Yoga—Sikhism—History. 2. Sikhism—Doctrines. 3. Spiritual life—Sikhism. I. TitleBL2018.4.K48 2008294.6’436C2008-905354-0PermissionsThe quotes of Yogi Bhajan are used with the kind permission of the Kundalini Research Institute,Espanola, New Mexico. This entire document has been reviewed and approved by Bibiji InderjitKaur Khalsa in her capacity as the Bhai Sahiba of Sikh Dharma of the Western Hemisphere,based also in Espanola, New Mexico. My thanks go to Nirvair Singh Khalsa and Satya KaurKhalsa of KRI and to Bibiji for their gracious support of this work.My heartfelt thanks also go to G. S. Sohan Singh Artist Memorial Trust - www.art-heritage.com - forpermission to use G. S. Sohan Singh's inspired rendering of Rishi Dushtdaman on the front cover.

GurisK jogI jwgdy mwieAw AMdir krin audwsI [The Gursikh Yogis remain detached and wakeful amidst the world of attachments.Bhai GurdasVar 29, Verse 15

ContentsKar Dandaut (With Folded Hands)7Introduction11Gursikh Yogi: Properly Defined?17Yoga And Yogis In Early Sikh History -21The Childhood And Youth Of The Guru21First Visit To "Gorakhmata"21The Sanyaasee At Dipalput22The True Sikh And The Raja22The Guru And The Raja22At Mount Sumer (Meru)24At Achal Batala25Sidh Gosht28Gorakh-Hatari41A Visitor At Kartarpur43Yogis Visit Khadur45Yogi Harinath46The Tapa Of Khadur46The Armed Sanyaasees48Yogi Kingurinath49Mai Das The Bairaagee51The Tapa Of Goindwal53The Guru's Visit To Hardwar54The Birth Of Anand55Baba Siri Chand Visits Guru Ram Das63Guru Ram Das And The Yogis63Guru Ram Das And The Tapa64The Guru's Humble Heart66The Santokhsar Yogi66Sympathy For Guru Arjan671

A Sadhu's Objection68Guru Hargobind And The Gorakhnath Yogis69Kalu Nath71The Yogi Of Garhshankar71Guru Hargobind And Baba Siri Chand72Bhagat Bhagwan73Episode At Hemkunt Sahib73Mahant Kirpal And The Tenth Master74Congratulations To The Guru's Household75The Udaasee Bir75Madan Nath76The Guru Meets Mahant Kirpal Again76Banda Bahadur76The Discretionary Powers of a Saint79Places of the Gursikh Yogis85Postures of the Gursikh Yogis89Ishnaan Daan91The Body of Meditation93God as Yogi97Guru as Yogi99The House of Yoga103The Yogi’s Kingdom – Gurbaanee107Maps of the Spiritual Body107The Lotus Within112The Tenth Gate113The City of Shiva114So Hung116The Five Primal Sounds117The Heavenly Sound119Impermanence121Discrimination1222

Detachment124Shiv-Shakti125The Fourteen Worlds127The Philosopher’s Stone128The Neutral Mind129The Fourth State131The Home of the Self132Nirvana134World of Wonders135Costumes and Deceptions – Gurbaanee141A World Falling into Ruin141The Poison of mpurity154Forceful Efforts155False Appearances157Real Yoga – Gurbaanee159Ek Ong Kar159The True Guru161The Guru’s Grace163The Shabad Guru165Pavan Guru166Sat Nam167The Fellowship of the Holy168Seva170Sadhana172Profound Meditation173The Feel of God175The Body of a Saint1773

The Brow of Destiny179Divine Vision181Amrit182The Radiant Soul184The Yoga of Devotion185Raj Yoga188Sahej Yoga189Gursikh Yoga191Lives of the Sadhu SaintsBaba Buddha Ji199Baba Harnam Singh Ji and Baba Nand Singh Ji200Baba Attar Singh Ji and Sant Teja Singh Ji202Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh Ji207Baba Darshan Singh Kuleewaalay Ji209Siri Singh Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogi Ji210The Legacy of the Gursikh Yogi213Religion and Religions215The Rishees of the Hindus221The Yoga of the Gursikh228The Dawning of an Age239Yoga Kriyas243Poems from Furman Khalsa246Song of the Khalsa250Conclusions253What Was253What Is255What Will Be257Glossary259Bibliography267Endnotes2734

A Note on Style and VocabularyIn the pages of sacred Gurbaanee, when the authorship of the first to fifth, and the ninth Mastersof the Sikh lineage – namely Guru Nanak, Guru Angad, Guru Amar Das, Guru Ram Das, Guru Arjun andGuru Tegh Bahadur – is designated, they are called the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth or Ninth“Mansion” (mhlw) in the text of the Shabad Guru. In this spirit, the whole of Siri Guru Granth Sahib isconsidered a city alive with enlightened consciousness. Thus, a Verse from Siri Guru Granth Sahib inRag Ramkali composed by the third Master, Guru Amar Das, is cited: “Siri Guru Granth Sahib, RagRamkali, Third Mansion”. Gurbaanee from the mouth of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Master, isdistinctively predicated: “Words from the Illustrious Tenth King” (sRI muKvwk pwiqswhI 10).In this translation, I have made an effort to depict the non-gender-specific quality of the Yogi, bysometimes referring to the Yogi as female, sometimes male. It is hoped this somewhat serendipitousapproach might reflect and inspire a greater appreciation of the Guru’s dispassionate and all-embracingperspective.With all the non-English vocabulary in this subject, I have designated words as foreign if they donot show up in his 1993 Merriam-Webster dictionary. Words like “sadhana” and “samadhee”, I haveitalicized and included in the glossary. Other terms, like “kundalini” and “mudra” which happened tomake their way into my lexicon, have generally been ignored, assuming that if the reader found themunfamiliar, they could easily locate their meanings close at hand. “Gursikh” alone has not been italicizedso as to develop an air of familiarity with the concept it represents: that a Sikh is not a Sikh alone, but halfof a partnership between Master and disciple to cultivate the self-mastery of the worthy disciple.Capitalization for Gurmukhee rendered into English is not standardized, since the Gurmukheealphabet itself has no capitals. I have tended to affix capitals where respect is especially fitting.5

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Kar Anjuli (With Folded Hands)It would be useless to pretend that this effort would ever have taken form, or that there wouldhave been any need for it whatsoever, if a certain young man had not one day disappeared into the watersof the Ravi River for an exercise of profound meditation lasting three long days and nights. If he had notpractised some difficult technique of self-transformation in that river and emerged in a profound state ofsamadhee as Guru Nanak, who would have been the wiser? Who would have grieved except for hiswidow, his orphaned children, some former friends and relations? Who was there to have known thatthis Guru Nanak, this dreamer from a Hindu family, a storekeeper for the Nawab of Sultanpur, wasdestined for a divine mission that would take him far from his home, visiting lands his dailyacquaintances could only vaguely imagine? Who could have realized the profound reach and scope of hismission – the founding of a new dharma, the raising of the Order of Khalsa, the leveling of the corruptMughal Raj and the founding of an ethic based on equality of the sexes, freedom of worship and thefostering of the divine aspect in every human possibility – for the future and the whole of humanity?Of course, no one could have conceived of all these things. Even now, it is difficult to grasp thewhole scope of how the great Guru lived and taught, and to

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