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Summary of Question:	Quick Question! Quick Answer!
Category:	General Sikhism
Date Posted:	Saturday, 7/26/2003 1:50 PM MDT

I see the 3ho progressing at a rapid speed, which is all due to yogi bhajan singh and his students, yogi bhajan talks about gurbani in a indepth scientic style which makes sikhi sound more interesting, now who taught yogi bhajan sikhism? or did yogi bhajan make some stuff up on the way?

Like in punjab sikhism is taught very simply like gurbani is all about praising God, however yogi bhajan says its all about relising ones self which is everything- I am God you are God.

Isn't the vedas, the philosophy of yoga, how come yogis aren't following this?

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This is actually a question, which to answer it properly, would require quite a lengthy answer. But as you are asking for a quick question,I shall make this answer brief. Yogi Bhajan was born into a high caste, the Puris. At a very young age,he started studying with various yogis and other spiritual teachers. He had many. By the age of 16, he was considered to be a master, but to avoid the pitfalls of a spiritual ego (which is quite common in many spiritual teachers), his teacher of the time, wanted him to become more experienced of the world, so YB went to college, got married, had three children and held a top-ranking government job in the Punjab. Finally, in his thirties, after washing the parkarma of the Golden Temple every day for 3 years, he was called by his Guru/inner knowing to share his vast yogic knowledge with the West. The rest is history. GTKK