trueisthename

You're right, I should not have hopped on this thread. I'm very sorry everyone please forgive me. Just putting some opinions out there hoping to share and learn; of course all are entitled to their own. Out of passion for Guru's teachings and probably a healthy dose of ignorance I have expressed what for me are legitimate concerns but this wasn't the best way to go about it. And what may have been disrespect to basicsofsikhi is only the result of the immense amount of respect I have for him/them. Otherwise why would I care what they thought? I suppose I was not that tactful. My apologies.

I'm with you. Thanks for standing up for this. The only reason basicsofsikhi was a point of interest to me in this regard is because they have the biggest youtube presence and are reaching out to many people (in English as well) who know little or nothing about sikhi so I'd say they have considerable influence. They do so much great work. I'm a big fan of Jagraj Singh ji. Been watching his videos since the beginning. There appears to be some dangerous thought and influence from 3ho however so I think it's fair for sangat to bring this to attention of people of influence. Really it would be great to educate the sincere and good people of 3ho and bring them into the fold of true Sikhi. Or they can continue with Kundalini Yoga which is just as well if that's their choice. But to conflate KY and Sikhi is not right...it is a misrepresentation of Sikhism, and we all know the story of Ram Rai. The only other thing that interested me about basicsofsikhi and I thought might be connected to their perceived current stance on 3ho was the idea that dasam dwar is the crown chakra (kundalini type idea). I didn't really know this was one of the 'basics of sikhi' and where this idea comes from...but I would very much like to know. Jagraj ji if you read this please make a video! Love you man, thanks for everything.

I really wouldn't like to rag on basicsofsikhi because they do lots of great work but I do have my concerns and I'm glad this thread came up. Here's a post from a few days ago... Q: Hey! I watched some of yogi bhajan before and he seems so awesome !! Don't you think he was a good Sikh ??? I thought he was sucha good person :0 A: Amazing Gursikh - did a lot of Seva and was one of the first to do English Parchaar in America. In my opinion to call yogi bhajan an amazing gursikh shows gross ignorance of his teachings and practices, many of which are clearly not gurmat. (see all sorts of internet resources and work of gursant singh) It appears that basicsofsikhi is pushing the kundalini yoga agenda, which deeply concerns me. (not the practice per se, but the philosophy). Maybe this is why they are so sympathetic towards 3HO. It worries me because the vast majority of their work is very good, so people could easily be misled. basicsofsikhi gospel: Guru Nanak came to open up a spot at the top of our heads. I could be so very wrong about this but I don't feel that this is a correct teaching and is in fact quite damaging to be proliferating in the name of Sikhi. Think of all the unsuspecting people who got their leaflets who are going to put two and two together and think "sikhs wear turbans because of a spot at the top of their head where they connect to God". This is totally yogi bhajan 3ho kundalini mumbo jumbo! And for young Sikhs or people just getting into Sikhi this kind of information is even more dangerous. If I didn't think basicsofsikhi was doing lots of excellent sewa and didn't want them to succeed I wouldn't care about any of this...but because I do I am deeply troubled.