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Sat Nam. Greetings from sunny New Mexico.
Summer Solstice is here again!
There is a lot of activity and opportunity to use the
summer Sun’s energy to accelerate our yogic and
spiritual practices. Summer Solstice Sadhana in New
Mexico and the July European Yoga Festival in France are
very special events. You get to be with a large group of
Kundalini Yogis. You get to study with excellent
teachers and you get to do three Days of White Tantric
Yoga ™. Yogi Bhajan often said to plan the year around
our Solstice celebrations. They will rejuvenate and
uplift you for months to come. Here are the links to
both events.
http://www.3ho.org/summer-solstice
http://www.3ho-europe.org/en/eventsactivities/european-yoga-festival
An aspect of Summer Solstice Sadhana, that is always a
highlight for attendees, is early morning group Sadhana.
Live music from our wonderful 3HO musicians and hundreds
of yogis bathing in the sound current! It is, simply, a
beautiful experience.
KRI often gets questions about the Aquarian Sadhana. Is
there a new Sadhana? Did Yogi Bhajan leave instructions
to anyone for a new Sadhana?
KRI has made extensive inquiries into this question.
Yogi Bhajan did not leave anything with his Staff or
with anyone else about a new Sadhana after 11/11/11. The
only instruction that Yogi Bhajan left for us was that
we could continue the current Aquarian Sadhana, exactly
as he taught it, or KRI could decide to change it. Our
KRI Teacher Trainer Executive Committee, comprised of
teacher trainers from all over the world, met about this
topic and decided that we would keep doing the Aquarian
Sadhana, with no changes, indefinitely.
To clarify, there are no changes to the overall
structure of the Aquarian Sadhana or to the order,
positions, mudras or mantras in the meditations. There
is no alternate version of the Aquarian Sadhana. So, you
can continue to use your favorite Sadhana music as well
as look forward to many new versions from our wonderful
musicians! If you would like to know the history of our
3HO early morning Sadhana, there is a great write up in
our most popular manual, “Kundalini Yoga Sadhana
Guidelines, 2nd Edition.”
Summer Solstice…. Join me! I will be playing the Gong
for a meditation/relaxation on Thursday evening June 20
at 8:30 to 9:30 PM in the Tantric Shelter. And on June
21, 7 to 9:00 PM I will be hosting a Yogi Bhajan video
class in the Tantric Shelter. Yogi Bhajan, on video,
will be teaching and I will be leading the Kriya with
live music. The subject will be from the powerful new
KRI DVD series of physical Kriyas that Yogi Bhajan
taught. See you then! It will be a wonderful way to
begin your Solstice experience!
Now is the time for Teachers! We still have space
available in our International Teacher Training Level
One Immersion Course. The Aquarian Age is here and it is
calling you! Become a Teacher of Kundalini Yoga as
taught by Yogi Bhajan ® this summer.
http://immersion.kriteachings.org
Are you a Level One Teacher? Join us for Transformation:
Level Two Teaching Training in Kundalini Yoga as taught
by Yogi Bhajan® Mind and Meditation. June 30 – July 6,
2013. Guru Dev Singh, Shanti Shanti Kaur, Nirvair Kaur,
Jagat Guru Singh and I are the team of International
Teacher Trainers that will lead you to self- discovery
and self-mastery of your mind.
http://transformation.kundaliniresearchinstitute.org/MM
Yogi Bhajan in The Mind and its 81 Facets book says “You
must have a basic practical understanding of the mind’s
conception, properties, Aspects, Projections, and 81
Facets. This is the minimum requirement to develop human
sensitivity. So prepare yourself for an intense study.
Not an intellectual debate, but an intelligent
confrontation with your own experience. Why do we need
to do this? Guru Nanak told us:
Man jeetai jag jeet
By conquering your mind, you can conquer the world.
̶ Siri Guru Granth Sahib, page 6
If we can master the use and command of the mind, we
can enjoy this world and live truthfully,
gracefully, and prosperously.”
See you at Solstice! Come by our booth in
the Bazaar and see our new books and DVD’s. Take a few
home with you! We will also have bulk organic Yogi Tea
for sale. This is the classic Yogi Tea that Yogi Bhajan
gave for health and well-being. Buy some for your yoga
center or home.
In the Name of God, I serve.
Nirvair Singh Khalsa
CEO Kundalini Research Institute
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Recipe of the month:
" Solstice Hot Sauce
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Taken from the book: Foods for Health
& Healing by Yogi Bhajan, PhD
Here is the recipe for the amazing
hot sauce that is served with dinner at the Solstice
Celebration at Guru Ram Das Puri. Where ever you
will be at the summer solstice you can still enjoy
the purifying yogic diet of simple mung beans and
rice, a little salad, and generous amounts of this "khalsa
salsa". Don't forget the Yogi Tea as well. Enjoy!
Each year, the 3HO "family" holds its "Summer
Solstice Sadhana" in the mountains above Espanola,
New Mexico. It is a chance for people to purify
their minds, souls and bodies through the practice
of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan(r) and
White Tantric Yoga(r), eating very cleansing food,
drinking the purest water, and breathing clean air.
As part of the healing diet, this special hot sauce
made with native New Mexican chiles is always
served.
3 large onions, chopped
1/4 cup dry crushed red chiles
8 oz. tamarind concentrate
16 oz. hot water
1 1/2 cup sesame oil
1 Tbsp. turmeric
10 whole small dry red chiles
2 cups apple cider vinegar
Put onions in a large bowl. Sprinkle with crushed
chiles. Melt tamarind concentrate in hot water. Add
oil and diluted tamarind to onions. Sprinkle with
turmeric. Add whole chiles and vinegar. Stir and
cover. Let sit overnight or several days for the
fullest flavor. Store in refrigerator. It will keep
a long time, and get better and better. Yields 2
quarts
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News from The
Yogi Bhajan Library of Teachings
Sat
Nam From The Yogi Bhajan Library of Teachings!
This month we are celebrating Solstice with our annual
Summer Solstice Sadhana Celebration event here in the
beautiful mountains surrounding Española, NM. To be
specific, the land is known as Guru Ram Das Puri, and it is
a wonderful place, located high in the mountains, which are
full of Juniper forests. We go to Summer Solstice to set our
intentions for the year and to purify ourselves with three
days of White Tantric Yoga. Come - join us at Guru Ram Das
Puri and set your intention for the year. To register, or to
find out more about the Summer Solstice Sadhana Celebration
event, check out the official website at
http://www.3ho.org/summer-solstice.
We hope to see many of you there!
We are approaching the launch of The Yogi Bhajan Library of
Teachings (LOT). We are working on getting the LOT Beta
Tested in the next few months. For those of you attending
the Summer Solstice gathering, Nirvair Singh, KRI’s very own
CEO, will be talking about the searchable database website
during his class on June 21 from 7 to 9 pm at the Tantric
Shelter. Yogi Bhajan will be teaching on video, and Nirvair
will be leading the kriya with live music. We may even be
able to do a live demonstration of the LOT at Solstice, so
stay tuned. Summer Solstice will be the place to be to hear
about the latest news on the LOT, and whether you are there
or not, we’ll be sure to keep you up to date on the LOT’s
progress. We are working hard to have this invaluable asset
ready for public use and we need your donations to keep
moving toward our goal, so please donate today at
http://www.yogibhajan.com!
Finally, a special thanks to all of our new donors!
In Service,
Siri Sadhana Singh Khalsa
Fundraising for The Yogi Bhajan Library of Teachings
Kundalini Research Institute
Donate today!:
www.yogibhajan.com
Email:
lakshmi@kriteachings.org
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Library of
Teachings Tech Update
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We are entering the
beta testing phase of the
development of the database in which
selective users will test the front
end interface and search
capabilities.
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There are currently
over 6500 lectures with transcripts
in the system to date. Many of them
have corresponding audio and/or
video files so that in the final
database, you will be able to listen
or watch as well as read the
lectures.
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We’re using Google’s
captioning service, which allows us
to synchronize the transcripts with
the videos so that the transcript
text will scroll as the video plays
or a user could click on a
particular point in the transcript
and the video would move to that
point and begin to play.
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The site has full
search capabilities and will be open
to the public. The KRI Board has
decided to make The Yogi Bhajan
Library of Teachings database
accessible to everyone, with an
emphasis on donation as well as
funding through advertising aligned
with our mission.
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Additional exciting
news: Kriya write-ups will be linked
to the lectures in which they were
taught so that a user can download
the corresponding KRIYA; the kriya
write-up is in the search path and
you can download the corresponding
PDF in order to teach or practice
from. On a related note, we have
some independent developers working
on a KRIYA App which will use the
web-based information to create a
user-friendly smart phone
application for individual practice.
It’s primary feature allows you to
“play” the kriya in which all the
timings are automated and it will
also provide practice cues,
instructions
 Abhai Raj Singh Khalsa
Software Architect
Joti Software: Light on Data
abhairaj@jotisoftware.com
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KRI
Newsletter -
In this Month's issue
June
CEO / Meditation Video
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View this month's Message
and Kriya on our
homepage
here
Kriya:
Heartbeat Meditation in the Triple Lock
Between 1990 and 2004, Yogi Bhajan
personally answered questions on the practice of
Kundalini Yoga and how to teach Kundalini Yoga.
Also, on his daily walks, or while sitting in his
dome, or at his home on the Española Estates, he
would dictate messages and ask for them to be sent
out to his students around the world. In this new
area of the KRI newsletter we will share many of
these answers directly from the Master.
This gem comes from 1998 and at this time of Summer
Solstice it touched my heart as we prepare to gather
at Guru Ram Das Puri for this is his story of
becoming a teacher.
Yogi Bhajan Speaks of His Mission in North
America
At 7 years old, I was sent to my teacher. At 16 ½
years in age, I accomplished what I went there for.
My guide, my guru, my goad, is always Guru Ram Das.
It was always predicted time and time that I’ll go
to yonder land and teach spirituality and experience
to people who have destiny to be tomorrow’s great
hope. I used to laugh at it, that who in West will
sacrifice? But the circumstances made it clear to
come here and call, who belongs to God will come.
It’s a process of nature that a lot of flowers come
on the tree, there comes some fruit, and some of
them ripen.
Guru Ram Das Lord of Miracles has guided so far,
touch wood, very good. My story is simple; it is
just to become humble, to serve, to exalt, to be
kind, compassionate and caring. No reaction. The way
a teacher can be I understand with my experience.
When you know your Oath, you’re a teacher and your
teacher comes above you. Teaching becomes your
mission. Guru Ram Das becomes your being. God
becomes your light. Give priority to your “teachership.”
You will have wealth, health and happiness.
Yogi Bhajan
April 1st, 1998
Estates, Española
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