Inside the 'Abusive' World of Yoga Guru Yogi Bhajan | TRUE BELIEVERS

Yogi Bhajan preaches family values and healthy living through Kundalini yoga, but abuse allegations tear a rift through his ‘spiritual empire’.
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0:00 Kundalini Yoga
0:40 Who is Yogi Bhajan?
1:05 Troubling Events
1:46 "Get High Yoga"
2:28 3HO
3:10 Free Love Generation
4:43 Purple Aura
5:59 Dodgy Dealings
6:32 A Movement
7:04 A Lifestyle
8:42 Arranged Marriages
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Why subscribe ? Vice is bye bye.... :)

[@StormyWeather93]

@@mrg4388 Gotta point

[@theriskid]

“I don’t think we do get smarter as we get older, I just think we run out of stupid things to do.” ― Yogi Bear

[@sekarmaltum1695]

give a old man viagra or testosterone and suddenly that "silly past time" that is sex, is suddenly interesting again. Age has nothing to do with time spend or time used, it is the vessel slowly falling apart.

[@theriskid]

@@sekarmaltum1695 “Just sit back and let Mother Nature carry us toward her own.” -Yogi Bear

[@realharrysingh]

SIKHI (SIKHISM) DOES NOT PROMOTE YOGA, IT'S A HINDU PRACTICE, NOT SIKHS. YOGI BHAJAN WAS MORE INFLUENCED BY HINDUISM

[@theriskid]

@@realharrysingh "Nothing. Nothing, nothing, nothing. Nothing. And because you're such a good kid, here's another nothing, for nothing.” -Yogi Bear

[@VeraRabbit]

@@realharrysingh He used a lot of Sikh symbolism for his own purposes. Bhajan was born Sikh but only used it as a vessel to confuse and mislead trusting American youths.

[@vedicwarriorOriginal]

The very act of not questioning someone because you think they're a guru or a saint is the beginning of one's downfall. Question everything, take no BS and definitely don't make excuses for their actions. Stay safe out there. 👍🙏

[@crypticnomad]

exactly! That is one of the first things a good spiritual teacher should teach their students. In spiritual subjects the skill of discernment is especially important and it really is a skill that takes time to develop. Before trying to do any deeper esoteric work one needs to have a certain kind of mental strength and emotional stability to avoid the "divine madness" problem and discernment is one way to build that strength. People who are more open and emotional need to offset that natural bias by doing something like mindful meditation, and people who are more closed and self-focused need to offset that bias by doing emotion based meditations like graitude meditation, loving kindness, compassion, etc. Obviously, most people that go down that path develop a suite a practices they use but nearly everyone starts off biased in one way or another and needs to work towards a balance before trying to go into deeper subjects.

[@vedicwarriorOriginal]

@@crypticnomad Yep. Seeing far too many self-anointed gurus claiming they've been chosen to dispense infinite wisdom and, people falling hook, line and sinker for them. Sign of the times, IMO. Weak, insecure people are the reason so many "gurus" have come out of the woodwork. 🤦‍♂

[@manmeetsingh1712]

You just described my country.

[@21darkster]

Facts, a real saint is humble and doesn't ask for people to think they're a saint

[@pettiestofbettys]

I was actually told at 10 that I was rude for asking the pastor a question about the verse he read. That was when I started to mentally remove myself

[@a.scoob2]

There is something uniquely psychopathic about anyone who addresses themself as his holiness

[@godofdogs6198]

Narcissistic you mean.

[@soumen_das]

His holiness Dalai Lama

[@1rocknroy]

You may address me a Galactic Commander.

[@lupusinfabulaaa]

⁠@@godofdogs6198Every psychopath is narcissistic

[@GuruFathaSingh]

Nobody does. What are you talking about?

[@wildoceanappaloosawomangay2535]

I’m a yoga instructor And there’s a saying in the community, “find your guru” which I never subscribed to as I’ve been sexually abused and tortured by my mother and her husbands and friends I have always known when you’re not allowed to question and people want control over you, run. 🏃🏿‍♀️

[@Eidelmania]

I've been involved in yoga for over 20 yrs. I was taught "you are your own best teacher". Meaning listen to your own body and heart first.

[@catharinamariatheresia1626]

In the end the teacher is life. For me to follow a Guru also did not serve me.

[@ManiSingh-rm5uu]

He’s not a Sikh, goes against everything Sikhi stands for

[@treespirit2000]

Gurusant Singh is a true Sikh of the Guru; Yogi Bhajan not.

[@supportadmin7735]

There is nothing wrong with the practice of Kundalini Yoga itself, and has many benefits. The issue is when you start to idolize a mortal man, put him in gods place, and become an extremist in any form for any spiritual belief.

[@Azzam_Alqudsi]

same with any religion to be honest.... stay away from a man who project himself as All-powerful

[@caseywhite3150]

Yes there is. Yoga is a liturgy to false gods, aka demons.

[@r.l.9797]

Snake spine.

[@cyberla]

Kundalini is a demonic serpentine spirit that works with many other demonic spirits that can cause accidents, infirmity, oppression, depression, insomnia, etc.

[@srami004]

Amen

[@sameeersm]

What westerners don't understand is yoga and sikhism are not the same

[@hsdjsdshdhsdnsmsd6247]

And? They dont contradict each other

[@savvy888]

Sikhi and Yoga have nothing to do with each other. 3HO is fraudulent cult.

[@devinder514]

Yoga in any form has no spiritual value in Sikhism.

[@KassandraFuria13]

I experienced him once in 1994 in Berlin. He was insulting the people and mocking about them, teaching banalities. But most people were naive, sunk in admiration and did not even realize. Only me and one other woman left the audience after a short time because he was obviously abusive and deceiving, not modest at all, to say it politely.

[@overly3154]

Yea, sad to hear. it’s also terrible that he portrayed to be a sikh and khalsa(pure) but he was the opposite and a not even close as a sikh

[@catharinamariatheresia1626]

I think it is very beautiful that many of these people remained very true to their spiritual path and at the same time are able to question and understand Yogi Bhajan and his human flaws as well as the harm the concept of a “Guru” can do to a group of people. I too lived with a Guru for three years, when I research other Guru’s, the story is always the same. I too am very happy I left, but I am still a yogi. I do not follow my guru anymore as I have a different tradition in which I can be myself. This tradition does not change me, it just gives me tools that support me to become a more loving person to myself and my surroundings. When I was with my Guru, I had to change everything about myself in order to become like “him”. It made my family very sad that I was cutting ties with them, so I left. I feel like a tradition should bring us closer to ourselves and our loved ones, as much as the unity with the entire humanity. There should be no elimination or separation. I needed to let go of my biological ancestors because “what is born from spirit is spirit and the rest is flesh”. Now I know that flesh and spirit are the same. I honor my ancestors, biological (and the culture I grew up in) as well as spiritual (through the tradition that helps me to grow as a person). I feel anyone who imposes their views and internally and externally tries to change their surroundings and the beings in it, is not a true teacher.

[@henrythoreau645]

This isn't classical Sikhism, by the way. Kundalini yoga has never been a practice within the Sikh religion, to my knowledge. Yogi Bhajan was an innovator. Even the name Yogi Bhajan is innovative. No Sikh that I know would ever call his or herself a yogi. They don't see themselves that way.

[@poorpost6149]

Yogi Bhajan taught made up kundalini yoga.. He made it up, it has no scriptural or any other support.

[@lakhajandialvi2736]

Agree - Yoga is nothing to do with Sikhism. Our 10th and last living Guru spoke out against it. I suspect it was a corrupted practice used by so called holy men in the 17th century as it is these days. I have no complaint against yoga with no strings or religiosity attached. Punjabi Sikhs have always been embarrassed by Yogi Bhajan and his lewd distortion of our religion.

[@sigmamale6143]

Yup we are fighters

[@poorpost6149]

@@sigmamale6143 Share reference where last sikh guru spoke against yoga.. Sikh gurus have been bhakts of Bhavani and Shiva.. Baba Banda Bahadur the first army general of Sikhs was not even sikh but a hindu kshatriya.. dont know what gas is filled in you guys.. why dont you have guts to save Granthis daughter abducted in Pakistan? Showing your "warriorness" on hindus who consider you your own.. soon you will lose all respect

[@Utsav_Viradiya]

@@poorpost6149 Yeah, I used to have a ton of respect for people of the Sikh religion, but honestly, my respect for them is dwindling more and more each day.

[@ceaser270]

Sikhs don't do kundalini yoga ,it was not accepted by sikh gurus and religion ,we believe in bhakti(prayer and praise) yoga that mean singing and reciting prayer and praise of God and for health there is martial arts(Gatka) not yoga poses

[@davidsummerville351]

I did yoga with several of his followers in 3 different states in late 70's- early 80's. Met some nice people. The yoga is pretty intense.

[@thesikhwars1826]

3HO is a great group and Yogi Bhajan was amazing, these people are just trying to get some fame and tarnish the groups name, Gursant had personal issues with the group over finances.

[@ALotOfCancer]

​@@thesikhwars1826He's a rapist

[@user-io5ue9it7y]

100% agree @@thesikhwars1826

[@nedisahonkey]

As someone who grew up around Sikhs, seeing these middle class white "spiritual seekers" change their names to Gursant Singh and grow out their hair and beard is super weird to me.

[@neirinski]

Because sikhs are brown? I dont get it... i am brown but I don’t get it...

[@thesikhwars1826]

Sikhism is a global faith, regardless of color or background anyone can be Sikh. Theres roughly 20,000 White Sikhs in America, I have even met Black and East Asian Sikhs myself in Virginia and Atlanta GA amazing people.

[@nedisahonkey]

@@thesikhwars1826 Oh I definitely get it's a global religion I'm just more used to these new age types co-opting Hinduism. The Sikh faith is a beautiful one, some of the kindest most generous people I've met. The obligation to feed any comers a free meal at your place of worship is an incredibly beautiful act of kindness I wish more faiths would replicate.

[@nedisahonkey]

@@neirinski More so because I am used to New age types talk about chakras, chant Hari Krishna and change their name to Ram something or another. I've met genuine white Sikhs before, not many but i know they exist. I was more commenting on the pseudo-Sikhism

[@neirinski]

@@nedisahonkey oh I see, your comment was about the performative nature of New Age spiritualism, not the person’s ethnic background. That’s a good point. I think that faith is more between oneself and god. All these siddhi selling gurus are very dangerous. But they too are karma. Btw Thank you for clarifying.

[@laurisnoesta]

i dont think this film explains what he did to abuse anyone. it sounds more like these people followed blindly in search of what is right but did not take the time to deduce what was best for them. They seemed to agree with everything he asked of them but he did not coerce these people in any way? not sure if theres some information im missing here

[@Azzam_Alqudsi]

yea, this is why blind faith and lack of critical thinking is dangerous, the youth was following whatever an established group is following the "Love and Happiness" movement... and this was in 1970s at least their change was spiritual and mindset-based, today 2020s it's not hard to see what movement the youth is blindly following and I truly fear for them for they are changing their whole entire human system both physical form and their hormones

[@w.urlitzer1869]

the full doc is on youtube. not hard to find.

[@ramindersingh1360]

He raped one girl and made her sister hold the door while he sodomized her. She was young. He also abused others. Would bite them on their genitals. Vice doesn't cover all of it. Alot more stories. He also abused a minor would put a pillow over her face and smoother her. Their is a picture of her sitting on his lap with bruises on her face.

[@stefanschleps8758]

Like clickbait?

[@bbqwhaaat]

What was dangerous about it though? It sounds like they lived happy, healthy lives and even went on to have children.

[@aliceinwonderland1120]

Yogi Bhajan was an abuser, and he was enabled by his inner circle. The yoga itself is particularly helpful for people with addictions.

[@dianasthings729]

I raised my sons not to follow anyone and to be responsible for their own spirituality. BE your own teacher !

[@selvamthiagarajan8152]

In 30 years you were with him, you did nothing to stop the abuse. Mind blowing. Shame on you sir.

[@cliffpakiry4413]

30 year you didn't do nothing and now you bla bla when he dies Moron.

[@amritsingh5054]

A lot of women collected big $$$$ don’t be fooled

[@pritpalsngh]

I'm not sure if we know him. I'm a Sikh myself and this is the first time I've heard of him. I'm pretty sure this will not be handled well by the actual Sikhs.

[@ramindersingh1360]

It's a cult brother. Stay away from it. He created his own mantars. He made them stare at his picture for 11 mins to 31 mins a day. He abused so many people. His secretaries have come forward. He even described the khanda as a sexual symbol.

[@snoogen73083]

I met these people because the were always invited to perform kirthan in the homes of sikhs in my community

[@ramindersingh1360]

@snoogen73083 because the punjabi sikhs dont really know what these people actually follow. They see the outside appearance and the way they do kirtan. If they knew all the practices they do. They would not invite them but they are careful about not telling them everything.

[@rajindersingh127]

Yes. They would assassinate him. The Sikhs today are intolerant.

[@amritsingh5054]

What’s an actual Sikhs Yogi bhajan served these ungrateful westerners to his last breath ,it’s all about $$$$ He built up these people from Addiction and Bad habits Ask these women how much $$$$& they got from claiming abuse with no Proof Just my unbiased statement

[@mmbell]

Same thing with Osho. Never follow a person,we're all imperfect and making mistakes

[@ghc2009]

Osho is very mistaken these days

[@mmbell]

@@ghc2009 he was a monster and a junkie

[@DrejaAndi]

Blind allegiance to someone is how you help a power hungry narcissist gain and retain more power. They don't get there on their own. Learn the difference between people who empower you and those who feed your ego. Those who feed your ego don't do it for you, they do it to get something from you.

[@prajalpi]

sometimes

[@clarkporter1340]

Most ppl kind of go with dia ego

[@BlueHopi144]

@@prajalpi always

[@LOVETHYSELFDAILY]

100%

[@BlueHopi144]

@@clarkporter1340 with multiple false identities , sense of lack , emotional instability & lack of Soul Integrity = Big pitfalls

[@mirarostodo]

Sikhism is a religion that emphasizes on Honour, Dignity and Self Respect along side Peaceful living and Respect towards other faiths (Islam, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and Judaism). If there is people out there taking advantage of the Faith to exploit the needs of naive people, that is a completely different matter. It happens with Christianity (Jim Jones- Guyana) and Islamic (ISIS) too.

[@animesh7296]

sikhs are the new terrorist group.

[@emmettdonkeydoodle6230]

I would say the only difference is in Islam it isn’t an outlier, but in all other religions it is

[@mintchocolatechip273]

Shut up ​@@emmettdonkeydoodle6230

[@enlighteningway1831]

He was shaken out of sikhism by Akal takhat sahib also Sikhism doesnt believe in yoga, yogi is word for hindhu saint who leaves home for good and try to find peace by doing yoga away from civilisation

[@barim.n.8379]

The best spiritual teacher is your purest and highest truth. Period.

[@undrwatropium3724]

I don't believe in God/Gods/demons/jinn/ghosts/aliens But I do believe in myself. I have faith in myself. My morality comes from empathy, compassion and integrity. No deities required

[@barim.n.8379]

@@undrwatropium3724 Agree. Believe in yourself and your truth first

[@JustinMichael333]

​@@barim.n.8379you mean like yogi bhajan did? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@barim.n.8379]

@@JustinMichael333 no, like you.

[@bhrrrr1741]

I did knew yoga in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism but never heard about yoga in Sikhism .

[@MindManifestator]

its their preparation for the prayer and meditation

[@devendhillon9407]

We don’t do yoga in Sikhism, just prayers

[@user-uf6wc2zf6r]

@@MindManifestator No, it is not. I have been a sikh for 5 years and I haven't ever done yoga in my entire life.

[@overly3154]

Yoga isn’t in sikhi

[@karlossingh842]

@@MindManifestator its not

[@bleepbloop9123]

The yoga itself is amazing. The problem is literally everyone who practices it is crazy.

[@brob9995]

😆

[@Meloncholymadness]

Crazy because of the yoga, or that crazy types, seek the yoga?

[@mfuriosa]

haha hey there, no need to generalize, i practice kundalini and im a quite basic person haha

[@bleepbloop9123]

@@mfuriosa haha me too. there's lots of us. Ashley Graham, Jordan Peterson..

[@bleepbloop9123]

@@Meloncholymadness I think the culture is just very sexist/racist because it‘s full of confused westerners

[@jwebnovel1286]

That's why you never allow anyone to dictate spirituality to you, always read your spiritual book thoroughly instead of some one reading it to you.

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Question the book, too. 🙏😇

[@ramindersingh1360]

@dsssingh he was even quoted as saying Sikhs stole waheguru mantar from patanjali. It's in the book the master touch

[@savethejungle1789]

As a Sikh my aunt always said the longer the beard the shadier they get . Lol

[@LOVETHYSELFDAILY]

I couldn't agree more!

[@sundaramsangeet7620]

😂😂😂

[@selvamthiagarajan8152]

Yogi Bhajan gives Sikhism and Yoga a bad name.

[@heavyweightsingh]

Your aunt must've been hanging with wrong crowd.

[@animesh7296]

so all your 10 gurus are shadier by that definition.

[@TheMznetherly]

I think it’s important to say that in my experience, Yoga is not demonic! I am a Christian who practices yoga, but I’m not looking to my yoga teacher for spiritual guidance. Anytime you completely believe the word of any man/woman without question, you’re in danger. That’s the case for a guru, preacher, disciple, politician…never follow ANYONE blindly

[@aick]

I think it's more important to say, as a sane atheist, that all religions are abusive. And a Christian is the last person I'd listen to. L'chaim, your people killed a whole lot of my people, so who's a make-believe "demonic force" now?

[@BaconNCereal]

the kundalini is a snake though?

[@mrg4388]

Exactly. Good comment. Thanks.

[@happymystic]

Including your lord and savior, Jesus Christ?

[@aick]

@@BaconNCereal A trouser snake maybe

[@christina_deva]

is this just a trailer or preview of a full documentary? if so, where can I watch the full thing?

[@SB-zj2pm]

I’m a Sikh and I have never heard of this guy. I was born in India and moved to Canada in 2003. Also I live in a big Sikh community. Never heard of this guy’s name

[@nerdfatha]

How do you end the video there? that was the perfect hook to keep watching!

[@infinite5795]

As a Hindu honestly, it was definitely funny and scary at the same time. I have never practiced this kind of yoga myself, but have heard its beneficial effects from mostly non-Hindus only. See, Its absolutely ok to practice it, but any other religion, using it as an anesthetic or controlling tool like this guru, including a foreign middle-eastern like conservative religion like Sikhism into this is rather killing me inside( similar to the rootless Christian yoga). Yoga is not native to Sikhism at all, they don't do these kind of any rituals like us Hindus. Same can be said about veiling our heads for women, which is not Hindu culture at all( but distinctive Abrahamic). Its necessary to learn the practices along with its origins, so as to not use it for setting your own narrative and bash the same culture later on.

[@pritpala]

Yes. As a Sikh myself Yoga is just a mere exercise and has nothing to do with Sikhi. Sikhi is completely distinct from Hinduism.

[@mxpannu7722]

I agree as a Sikh that yoga has nothing to do with sikhism, the sikh warriors used a type of yoga for body and meditation not spiritualness, that only comes from gods name or simran

[@tariq_sharif]

"i am his holiness... ", am i the only sane person that thinks that when a person introduces themselves with that honorific, it is a massive red flag, and indicative of a narcissitic personality.

[@allanjhone]

I practice kundalini yoga fell time for now, and need to say there's a nice and meditative practice who align me again to my innerself and give me inspiration. I never see something abusive or suspicious in my class, otherwise, i want to share this great feelings with others, i want to everyone in the earth could understand the greatness of their own hearts.

[@vagabondx2132]

i feel like the title was really misleading for this one. i didn't seem some stream of abusive acts. in fact the dude even said they raised their kids together, happy, healthy, holy. and they left out why he left the practice/cult? i'm a bit confused. perhaps i missed something but i'm not watching again.

[@Heopful]

They had to leave because it was too good?

[@lopezb]

This seems to be the full documentary: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpqchGqOabWCiNU&ab_channel=Interviews108

[@thetradingyogagirl786]

Yup 💯

[@GuruFathaSingh]

I was interviewed for this and 98% of what I said was edited out. You didn't miss anything. Most of it was edited out. I agree, it's not worth watching again.

[@taidelek9994]

Blind faith and blind confidence is a blessing in disguise.

[@nick8841]

People will always be people, no matter how you dress them up. Power will always corrupt

[@redwoods7370]

That sums it up. Very true.

[@C_Masi]

Lots of red flags with this guy and others out there even in the beginning. Never resign your own reason to anyone including any guru.

[@readyforknowing3009]

He was probably a powerful yogi, but he decided to keep all the power he achieved in his saccral chakra.

[@MindManifestator]

yogi bahjan saved thousands of people from drug abuse- just this fact is so honorable- he gave them purpose in live : to be a seeker for the truth - to be a good person- to be good parents ... this is what western culture lost though capitalism and "satanism": in other words: this ME ME ME 24 hours a day in your head body an mind . Yogi Bahjan showed them you can easily get high with releasing Kundalini and even control it- who is able to control his mind and body can easily manifest what ever he likes on planet earth- a drugged person loses himself and pays the bill for going after big time illusions.

[@sistergoodstuff]

You made a yoga joke 🤭

[@pawellemanski1866]

Kundalini is supposed to unfold naturally..if your not conditioned you can't bear thr full force of it you will do more harm than good

[@forestsnow6508]

This is concerning since many westerners are interested in the "high" that it produces. Live and learn, might be a long weekend taking up a decade or more.

[@Inspired5065]

"meditation becomes frustrated when one tries to bring it about by some gimmick or wangle. This leads to spiritual one-upmanship of My guru is better than your guru, I love me more than you love you, I'm more aware of myself and so on and you never get anywhere." -AW

[@jesuisravi]

who's AW?

[@chill00000]

@@jesuisravi alan watts. not sure why he had to abbreviate it

[@OnePercentBetter]

Great cover. There are genuine Gurus out there. Researching and understanding cult behaviour is good.

[@MrBobbo18]

Nah.

[@stonedpigeon]

There's no such thing as a 'genuine guru'

[@trinilostgyal]

​@@stonedpigeonand how do you know lol

[@stefanschleps8758]

@@stonedpigeon You are wrong, there are real holy men, genuine Guru's. You haven't met one because you really don't care to find God. When bees hunger they find the flower without trying.

[@stefanschleps8758]

@@trinilostgyal He, or she, doesn't know squat.

[@margemaple6091]

follow the Veda, Bahgvad Gita, Upanishads, the Sutra and your heart ..that's all we need x

[@katlehomoletsane9480]

No read the Bible, receive the Holy Spirit and follow Jesus Christ...that is all we need.

[@justinbauer175]

The pali Canon and related commentary are actually a little more condensed with valuable wisdom. It goes pali Canon (buddhist scripture) > vedas, upanishads, and other related Hindu texts)(im not too familiar with every single tradition but you could probably include jain and taoist texts here)> kabalah and Judaism > then Christian scripture (some people like meister eckhart would be legitimate wisdom masters) > then Islam would be the least concentrated

[@margemaple6091]

@@katlehomoletsane9480 which version? my preference is the Ethiopian :)

[@katlehomoletsane9480]

@@margemaple6091 Mine is the Catholic. To each his own 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@hawktalk639]

Jai jai mahadev!

[@trteeerryfse-wy2ww]

You will always be your own savior. Theres no other way

[@canicannonball4464]

where's the second part?

[@ramindersingh1360]

It's on their site. The whole documentary is 40 to 50 mins long

[@w.urlitzer1869]

it s on yt. search.

[@lopezb]

This seems to be the full documentary: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpqchGqOabWCiNU&ab_channel=Interviews108

[@lopezb]

This seems to be the full documentary: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpqchGqOabWCiNU&ab_channel=Interviews108

[@mandakinimachiraju]

Two weeks of training - go start an ashram🙄. I studied yoga for a decade before my teacher said I knew enough to teach…

[@yogiemmanuelle]

The yoga practice is really life changing and powerful.

[@selvamthiagarajan8152]

Until people like Yogi Bhajan come along and give it a bad name

[@llj500]

​@@selvamthiagarajan8152 Yogi Bhajan is literally a Sikh.

[@selvamthiagarajan8152]

@@llj500 yes and he gave Kundalini Yoga a bad name.

[@llj500]

@@selvamthiagarajan8152 exactly, kundalini yoga is performed by shakta or tantric practitioners, these Sikhs cuss us hindus out but are stealing our yoga and giving it a bad name

[@selvamthiagarajan8152]

@@llj500 It reflects poorly on their Khalistan aspirations. I am sorry to say that.

[@Kamaldhillon81]

Sikhism has nothing to do with yoga, this man was an indian intel ajunt. The daughter of the guy who formed CIA was his disciple.

[@pooscifer]

I feel like being vegetarian and not drinking alcohol is probably pretty good advice though.

[@whoopshey826]

"beautiful man"...women love influence and power wow.

[@user-pw1df8sj3w]

True, as we blindly go for tits, they go for power. Its evolution. Were animals.

[@alexismenendez9547]

I am a woman and was also confused by the comment. Nothing handsome about him to me personally. Not my type.

[@Dorje17]

Interesting!!

[@Bonsqueesquee]

I believe we were warned not to worship false Idols...including Celebrities and Gurus.... cult leaders..... I don't identify myself as a true Christian, but I do see why we're not meant to do that.

[@sarbjeetsingh9137]

Try to know about Sikh Gurus And sorry we don’t have any place for yogic culture in our religion Try to know about Guru Gobind Singh ji (10th Guru of Sikh) And let me know when you find any person like him who was A divine messenger, a warrior, a poet, and a philosopher, AND fought 21 battles and won all Watch this video by cogito In English: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gl6UhnSFh8iLasUsi=TA9vuTUP6KKc77Eo

[@amanwithadream6894]

The irony is that this lost soul who practiced and preached living a "healthy" lifestyle, while living out his perversions, couldn't prolong his already established life expectancy among his people. In order for cults such as this to work, it requires impressionable minds that are vulnerable and put man before God. May God's love and presence be with all those affected by these events. ☝️🙏✝️

[@GlobalistHero]

Was this an intro to a real video on the subject? You didn't cover anything, you just set the stage..

[@waled121]

Yes. There’s a whole documentary.

[@ramindersingh1360]

The whole video is available on vice website.

[@lopezb]

This seems to be the full documentary: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpqchGqOabWCiNU&ab_channel=Interviews108

[@Bigglesworth78]

No mention of Yogi Tea ?

[@hidekodj9797]

You cannot accuse someone who is not alive that's just a way to make yourself a name by another's reputation

[@amritsingh5054]

It all about $$$$$

[@depthlife2918]

You must find yourself the most responsible If you turned a mortal man into God, and now find yourself disappointed.

[@ellisfmorton4086]

Doesn’t sound all that abusive.

[@brettking177]

Prayer is talking to God. Meditating is listening to Him.

[@WormdrivE66]

Far Out Man!!

[@jasonreeves4955]

Step 11

[@fubytv731]

Her

[@clarkporter1340]

Does prayer work?

[@stefanschleps8758]

And....? (Like yeah, we know that.)

[@Dilworthy]

is there another part to this film? seemed to end quickly and just getting into it

[@waled121]

There’s a whole documentary. This is simply a clip.

[@Dilworthy]

@@waled121 ace, where would I find the documentary and whats it called please?

[@ramindersingh1360]

Its available on their site. Its 40 to 50 mins long

[@ramindersingh1360]

​@@Dilworthythe dark world of yogi bhajan.

[@lopezb]

@@Dilworthy This seems to be the full documentary: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpqchGqOabWCiNU&ab_channel=Interviews108

[@Sjalabais]

Did you just end a video on "if I ask you to kill someone, you will just do it"? That's not a mic drop moment...where's the rest?

[@WoodstockG54]

Met him once. He was an eastern equivalent of a western yahoo.

[@hereandnow5378]

Where is abuse in this video btw.. all you have shown is good stuff apart from calling himself ‘his holiness’ which I feel is little weird

[@ramindersingh1360]

It's not the whole documentary and it only deals with a few of the many that have come forward. It's 50 mins long. Go onto the site or search for it empire of yoga or dark empire of yogi bhajan

[@rituraj_sharma_v]

This is Kalyug and pakhandis will be rampant. Time to open our eyes 🙏🏼

[@thedonwesley5279]

At the Holy Man Jam about 1972ish Steven Gaskin took him on Wish I could find it somewhere

[@christinamorales6887]

I live on the ashram in 2017 and 2018 and glad I got out a lot of racism to indigenous and Mexican peoples.

[@rahulkadle8240]

Read about Ramana Maharshi for a true spiritual guru! His life was transparent!

[@FogTub]

It ended just as it started to get interesting.

[@bustownbc2787]

Soooo when's the full episode?

[@ramindersingh1360]

On the vice website

[@lopezb]

This seems to be the full documentary: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpqchGqOabWCiNU&ab_channel=Interviews108

[@LaylaMuse]

There is nothing wrong with waking up at 4 am and being vegetarian. That is healthy. Lol

[@roberts733]

If you learn to use this body as an instrument, it is the most fantastic and powerful instrument on the planet. Yoga is towards realizing this. - Sadhguru

[@ishaanshetty3853]

kundalini yoga and sikhism together...wow never seen that🤔🤨😒😂

[@HarmanHundal01]

Those with a critical mind will see that this video starts with allegations and insinuations in minute one and totally drops any mention of it afterwards. No evidence whatsoever is offered in support of those allegations.

[@humanehumanity]

Steiner says it was happy holy and. Healthy trying to put him in a negative light the truth comes out thaat he broufht alot of. Postivity 👍

[@SP-ny1fk]

There are real schools of Yoga that don't include the abuse. True seekers will always find their way.

[@LOL-wl5xw]

Real yoga schools? Name them so that we can check them out and their philosophy.

[@SnailSpaceWTF]

This felt like a Trailer, or a Prologue, was there supposed to be more to your Thesis?

[@innertechnology7149]

and what credentials do these critics have? such as the man who "explains" the getting high Yoga. This man knows nothing of metaphysics. it may look like getting high on the surface, but it is much more than that

[@soulfulspoon8731]

As far as I see he taught them a way of life which kept them clean..happy and holy...which is rare these days.

[@amritsingh5054]

Many were lazy and neurotic Drugs and bad habits free sex era , many came many left all was free to choose as they please no one was held hostage ,listen to his lectures it’s about uplifting and healthy living

[@playadeldiablo]

American Dad did an episode where Roger was Ragi-Baba... now I see this video and thought about that episode, The enlightenment of Ragi-Baba...

[@rxpoetry]

I think that is Hunter S Thompson at 4:05 in the bottom left corner in the hat.

[@realnaveen]

People get what they ask for in constantly evolving universe!

[@SU-lv8kd]

Nothing here is abusive like the title depicts. Those that got involved left happy and still practice his teachings. I don't even sense trauma when they speak. He wasn't perfect and it was a cult. They chose to be there and not by force. No one abuses you for 30 yrs without you snapping or disengaging once. This was just a cult with people looking for an escape from their miseries. They had free will and they used it. The click bait title is a first of its kind with "Vice". Won't be surprised if the person responsible was part of a cult or got controlled by someone to feel this deep about this that he/she had to pen such a misleading title

[@ramindersingh1360]

It's not the whole story go online find out the other things he did. It's terrible what he was doing. Even raped one young girl and made her sister hold the door shut so she wouldn't leave. He also groomed other young girls to become his secretaries.

[@pwnagraphic690]

they put abusive in quotations

[@Sakari_369]

Vice is owned by Disney. They have no morale. If you can make a buck, let's go with it.

[@avaapiana]

It’s easy to spot fake spirituality. You ask: -Are they asking me to rely on my own power and my own knowing? -How much money do they charge and do they try to make me come back repeatedly? -Do they make me feel like there’s something “wrong” with me, I have trauma I need to “fix” filling me with an insatiable desire to keep fixing things? -Do they have permission to share these teachings from elders in that tradition a larger and older community of people?

[@dfpguitar]

There was nothing in this video that showed anything abusive that this Yogi did. I dont know if there was other stuff in reality but the film just showed a bunch of white middle class boomer hippies of the 60s who were desperate for spiritual direction find that in "3ho". He didnt make them come to him and he didnt make them set up ashrams or even organise their lives in any particular way. These people came to him asking for direction of how to be happy , they enjoyed his rituals, teachings and eastern aesthetic. The film doesnt even once mention an exchange of money, which is something evangelicalism agressively mines from its followers. If there is ambivalence from former followers it is one of them perhaps realising that there is no answer of finding a perfect enlightment and happiness from an outside source, and that seeking it in a eastern looking yogi is just fetishism.

[@lannipie]

Nobody on this Earth is saving it or humanity and not do they have a sacred key to life, anyone claiming these things ought to be given a wide berth. To think that you are special enough to do the same or to be privy to some secret that the rest of us couldn’t understand or be enlightened enough to grasp is absurd at the best and narcissistic at the worst. Everyone is struggling because life is nasty, brutish and short.

[@abctoxyz6293]

He is teaching people to live healthy life.... What wrong in that.... I really like what his teachings are

[@Johndoe-co3pw]

I just like to say yogi Bhajan

[@satashreeroy1652]

ok but what about the abuse? this video is incomplete, vice.

[@diegokricekfontanive]

Not the man-made god, but rather the power of gullibility combined with the deep desire to take refuge in some false truth... works in mysterious psycho-collective ways.

[@indocanadianadventure]

I lived my whole life in Punjab but not heard about him, though I am a Hindu. Not sure other than doing arranged marriages what else he was doing with the followers. Personally humans should rely on their own intelligence and develop the relationship with mighty instead of taking the mediator paths. A past atheist/agnostic of me is relying in the existence of natural forces guiding us and we are connected yet we are on unique journeys.

[@jacqulynclayton4643]

Trying to get these points asf fan rewards

[@senorhotpants1851]

that's crazy

[@user-yk9sk7pg6v]

thanks VICE

[@jupitired777]

first time im hearing of him

[@ramindersingh1360]

Alot of celebrities are involved or were at one point like russel brand and Alicia keys

[@renakmans3521]

It’s not the yoga or practice that’s wrong here! It’s the rest…

[@jerryakbar6147]

The Frankfurt school strikes again…

[@wasnt.here.3853]

2:05 "Raise your arms up for three minutes..if you do that you're trying to get stoned" 0.o what?

[@fhantasm]

of course the Karen saw a "purple aura" around his turban LMAO