Music history







In this video from the 2022 Virtual Summer Solstice Event, Guru Shabad Singh describes how Yogi Bhajan directed him to put this Shabad to music.  Scroll down to listen to the full audio of Guru Shabad Singh singing this Shabad, and to see the English transliteration and translation of the Shabad.

Read: "Re Man Shabad – Music by Guru Shabad Singh Khalsa"

Categories: Music historyShabad GuruYogi Bhajan Quotes






October 19, 2021 |

Yogiji spoke at least a few times about his belief that the Americans (us, we, ME!) who found Sikh Dharma (through Kundalini Yoga) were very likely to be reincarnations of those frightened souls who ran from Guru Gobind Singh’s call for the “head of a brave young one” that first Vaisakhi Day. The song says “many did they run away and many did they hide … ” Those particular words always affected me with shivers down (or up) my spine when we sang them during gurdwara or any 3HO/Sikh Dharma function.

Read: "You Shall Never Leave Me Again"

Categories: Music historyOur Stories


October 6, 2021 |

The Yogi focuses his attention in the Light
And tells the deepest secrets…

The ineffable description
Of remembrance of the Nam
Of Shakti and Bhakti,
And of Brahma’s Gyan.

The words flow through him naturally,
And bowing to Guru Ram Das,
The Mender of Broken Destinies,

Centered deeply in Prayer…

He speaks,
So that, by Guru’s Grace,
Everyone may hear.

Read: "The Yogi"

Categories: Music historyPoetry

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