by MSS Krishna Kaur Khalsa & Keval Kaur Khalsa, Los Angeles, California 2024 (Second Quarter) Everything is a Gift Wahe Guru JI Ka Khalsa, Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh! It was about 50 years ago that around 9-10 of us Kundalini Yoga Teachers vowed to become Ministers and leaders of the growing 3HO organizations around the country and parts of the world. Look how we have grown … A couple years later, we were back in Amritsar, India at the Golden Temple, making it official for all of us. The ceremony of taking Amrit sealed it for me. I bowed
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Minister in the Spotlight: MSS Krishna Kaur Khalsa
Minister in the Spotlight: SS Prem Kaur Khalsa
by SS Prem Kaur Khalsa, Guadalajara, Spain 2024 (Second Quarter) The Inner Core of Service When I started working and training at the Secretariat as a young newcomer to the USA and the Dharma, Ram Das Kaur, the then-Secretary of Religion, told me a story of what it means to be a Sikh Dharma Minister—this story stuck with me. She told me how one of her first duties as a Minister was to perform the last rites for a three-month-old baby. What no one knew was that she herself was three months pregnant with her first child at the time. She
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Minister in the Spotlight: SS Dr. Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa
by SS Dr. Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, Espanola, New Mexico 2024 (First Quarter) Where There is Courage, There is Happiness Soon after I became a Kundalini Yoga teacher in December 1971, I had the sensation that there was an unseen sangat—a not yet identified community—that I am to serve. When I became a Sikh Dharma Minister a year and a half later, the same sensation filled me. I called upon the Guru to bring me to this unseen sangat, so that we would be known to each another. Over the decades, the Guru has brought me into several communities: in
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In Memoriam
Khalsa-ji MSS Sada Sat Singh Khalsa October 10, 1950 – November 12, 2017 by SS Dharm Singh Khalsa, Espanola NM Winter 2017 My dear friend and spirit brother Sada Sat Singh has passed into the light. We both served Yogi Bhajan for many years in Los Angeles and formed a bond in that 24-hour-a-day seva. In the beauty and the spiritual challenge of it, we were spirit soldiers on a mission. During that time, Yogi Bhajan relied on Sada Sat Singh for a multitude of tasks. A humble seva that Sada Sat used to perform was to clean up the
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Translating the Shabad Guru
by SS Guru Nam Singh and SS Sat Jivan Kaur Khalsa, McAllen TX Summer 2017 In the early 1980s, my wife SS Sat Jivan Kaur was facing a deep depression. Two prestigious doctors made the diagnosis and both agreed that it was imperative that she take strong medications in order to regain her health. This was a challenging situation, since she had a phobia of medicines and refused to take any that were prescribed for her. Instead Sat Jivan Kaur began to search for alternative treatments. In her quest, she found a television program featuring the practice of Kundalini Yoga
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In Memoriam
Singh Sahib Dr. Narayan Singh Khalsa (Michael J. Lincoln) December 2, 1933 – October 15, 2016 by SS Dr. Sat Kaur Khalsa, Secretary of Religion A dear, heart-centered brilliant soul has left his physical body. Dr. Michael J. Lincoln (Ebner), better known to many of us as Narayan Singh, passed from this earth plane on October 15, 2016 in Redmond, Washington. He was a uniquely gifted diagnostician, psychologist, and an extraordinary human being who gave selflessly from his heart to countless people. He was a beloved member of our Sikh Dharma/3HO family. Singh Sahib Dr. Narayan Singh Khalsa
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Ministers Participate in Chaplaincy Programs
After helping a dear friend through the dying process, I realized that helping others in this way was my calling. I knew I needed to learn many more skills to be able to provide ministry to those I didn’t know. By the Grace of God and Guru, in January 2014, I completed my candidacy to become an ordained Sikh Dharma Minister, (a requirement of acceptance into CPE/Clinical Pastoral Education). I was accepted into a chaplaincy program at St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco, CA, where I was welcomed with open arms and began my year-long journey of becoming a chaplain,
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In Memoriam
Sardarni Sahiba Holy Kaur Khalsa Feb. 26, 1957 – Sept. 26, 2013 The Sikh Dharma Ministry sends its blessings and prayers to the family of Sardarni Sahiba Holy Kaur Khalsa. She was the example of a graceful, noble Khalsa woman. She excelled as a warrior-saint, a healer, teacher, mother and wife. She will be missed and we bless her light to merge with the Light of God. A Tribute by Jai Kartar Kaur and SS Hari Charn Kaur Khalsa Holy Kaur Khalsa, a dedicated student of Yogi Bhajan and Kundalini Yoga Teacher and Trainer, lived and served in Portland,
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In Memoriam – SS Dyal Singh Khalsa
Our beloved Singh Sahib Dr. (the Siri Singh Sahib always called him “Doctor”) Dyal Singh Khalsa left his body at 8:48 AM on May 3, 2012. The following are a few lines from the Sadhana Gurdwara Hukam during the Akhand Path, which was dedicated to Dyal Singh: Siri Singhasan e Khalsa Gurdwara, Espanola New Mexico Thursday, May 03, 2012 6:40 a.m. “Death is pre-ordained; the Gurmukhs look beauteous, and the humble beings are saved, meditating on the Lord, Har, Har. Through the Lord they obtain honor, and through the Lord’s Name, glorious greatness. In the Court of the
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Minister in the Spotlight
SS HarDarshan Kaur Khalsa Chapel Hill NC Spring 2009 When and how did you become a Minister? I became a Minister in 1993 after studying the Dharma for 10 years. I did some mentoring with MSS Livtar Singh of Atlanta, Georgia, and then spent some time with the Siri Singh Sahib at summer Solstice in 1993, where he recommended that I take Minister’s vows, which I did. Briefly describe what the words “Sikh Dharma Ministry” mean to you. Sikh Dharma Ministry means so many things to me, and takes so many forms. It means being able to hold the sacred
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