Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Your Stories Sada Anand Singh passed away suddenly on Thursday, February 22nd, as he was on his way to teach in Taiwan and then lead a Yatra to the Golden Temple in India. Living and teaching in Japan for more than 30 years, Sada Anand Singh was an ordained Minister of Sikh Dharma and the Director of…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Your Stories October 18, 1939 – February 21, 2024
As shared by Jiwan Shakti Kaur Khalsa in the 2024 (First Quarter) Ministry Newsletter
“As the rays of light blend into the sun and water merges into water, so does the soul merge into the Divine and becomes whole.” – Siri Guru Granth Sahib
After a long…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Your Stories September 24, 1944 – January 3, 2024
As shared in the 2024 (First Quarter) ministry newsletter.
Ram Dass Singh was born in Boise, Idaho, but spent his childhood in the Pacific Northwest. He studied communication at the University of Washington, then began his journey with Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma in 1970. He…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Your Stories June 19, 1929 – November 8, 2023
Mukhia Sardarni Sahiba Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa, known lovingly to so many as “Shakti”, passed away peacefully in her home on November 8th, 2023 at age 94.
Throughout her life, Shakti Parwha Kaur studied spirituality. She met many of the swamis and Eastern masters who came…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Your Stories November 12, 1949 - March 2, 2023
As shared by Guru Mander Kaur Khalsa in the 2023 (Second Quarter) Ministry Newsletter
SS Gian Kaur Khalsa, woman, teacher, mother, grandmother and friend. She was a Kundalini Yoga Lead Trainer and a first-generation student trained by Yogi Bhajan.
Gian Kaur discovered Kundalini Yoga in…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Your Stories September 13, 1950 – November 23, 2022
As shared by Hearts and Hands in the 2023 (Second Quarter) Ministry Newsletter.
SS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa, formerly of Taos and a longtime member of our sangat at Hacienda de Guru Ram Das in Espanola, passed away on November 23, 2022. He was living in Argentina…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Your Stories SS Bir Singh Khalsa was born April 18, 1946, in Chicago, IL, and died August 25, 2022, in Albuquerque, NM. He graduated from Brother Rice College in Davenport, Iowa. He taught 4th grade in
Chicago for a few years after graduation. He discovered Kundalini Yoga in 1972 in Houston, TX, where he worked in the ashram…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Your Stories Jai Singh’s deep love of God and Guru was evident in everything he did. He lived his life with integrity and purpose, with generosity of spirit, and with the love of God and Guru in his heart, in service to our dharmic community and to humanity.…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Your Stories Guru Prem Kaur maintained a deep love for the Gurus and serving in Gurdwara. She was an avid student of Gurmukhi, Punjabi, and even Hindi, all in efforts to better understand Siri Guru Granth Sahib. She knew more stories from Sikh history than most of us. In the early 2000s she traveled to India with…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Your Stories SS Sat Purkha Singh Khalsa (along with Guru Singh, the Siri Singh Sahib, myself, and several others) were the founders of Sunshine Brass Beds in Los Angeles in 1972. It was the first multi-million-dollar 3HO business, where during our first year of operations everyone earned an average of 13 cents an hour!…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Your Stories May 12, 1948 – December 1, 2021
Sardarni Sahiba Siri Ram Kaur Khalsa was a teacher, a mother, and a healer. She was a trained Montessori teacher and had her own school in Los Angeles, combining yogic teachings with her Montessori training.
She also served for a time as a staff member at…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Your Stories October 21, 1949 – August 11, 2021
As shared by SS Haridass Singh Khalsa, Oak Grove, OR in the 2021 (Fourth Quarter) Ministry Newsletter.
Dr. Guru Sandesh Singh Khalsa died unexpectedly on August 11, 2021, at his home in Lake Oswego, OR. He was 71. He was a devoted Sikh and took his…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Your Stories September 10, 1945 – July 15, 2021
As shared by MSS Daya Singh Khalsa, Espanola NM in the 2021 (Third Quarter) Ministry Newsletter
Many of us 3HOers had known each other for a decade or more before we met Avtar Hari Singh. He’d already grown a business and built a career and bought…
Posted by Sikh Dharma International& filed under Ministry, Your Stories A Sikh and student of Yogi Bhajan, Sant Singh Sahib Guru Dev Singh was born in Puebla, Mexico in 1948. He felt the call to study the indigenous traditions of his country, which had started to spread and become popular among youth in the 1960s and ’70s.
Guru Dev Singh began practicing Kundalini Yoga in 1971.…
Posted by Sikh Dharma Ministry& filed under Bana, Ministry Written by SS DukhNiwaran Kaur Khalsa, Chicago, IL
Courtesy of the Sikh Dharma Ministry Newsletter #63 Spring 2017 Newsletter
Celebrating the 350th Anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh’s birth, I reflect on the radiance he embodies. As the Father of the Khalsa, the warrior, Guru and poet, Guru Gobind Singh bowed to the everlasting…
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