Yogiji and His Daughter

Yogiji and His Daughter shares the love and playfulness between father and daughter *This image and words are by Soorya Kaur (staff member of Yogi Bhajan) which she shared on page 44 of her book, YogiJi – The Light of Our Souls, written in 2005.

Seen here with his daughter Kamaljit Kaur, in a warm, playful, affectionate moment, is Yogiji on a boat in Florida.  She, more than anyone else, has inherited a great deal of his personality.  She has his sense of joie de vivre, his energy, and a special magnetism.  Like Yogiji, Kamaljit lights up a room.

Soorya Kaur Blessings

I wish to thank God for many, many blessings, but in particular, for my good friend Neesha Singh.  I could never have done this book without her editing and writing skills, and innate sense for photography.  We forged a partnership that made this book a reality in an extremely short period of time.

While I was working on the idea of this book, my pictures (I always attempted to make him smile for me) opened a floodgate of the intimate memories that I share here with you.  If I may humbly say this, I don’t think of this as “my book”. Because Guru Ram Das and Yogiji saw me through it, and it took on a life of its own.

It is difficult to decide whether Guru Ram Das adopted Yogiji or Yogiji adopted Guru Ram Das.  Every morning he performed Seva (selfless service) washing the floors of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India. Yogiji heard Guru Ram Das’ Bani (prayers).  During this period, he was enlightened by a miraculous spiritually elevating experience. He and his bond with Guru Ram Das was sealed forever.  Guru Ram Das became his and our patron Guru.  We learn to call upon him to take our pain, to sort out our problems, to be there for us, to produce a miracle when needed, and he always delivered.