He became Co-President of the World Fellowship of Religions in 1974. In the early 1970's he helped organize the first 'Meeting of the Ways' in San Francisco and was co-founder of the Unity of Man Conference.
He participated in many interfaith forums and conferences, including the World Parliament of Religions. In 1971, at the Celebration of Life Music Festival in New Orleans, Yogi Bhajan shared the podium with Swami Satchidanda and Swami Vishnudevananda. with his dissertation titled "Communication: Liberation or Condemnation".
Yogi Bhajan fathered the science of Humanology and in 1980 he earned his Ph.D. Since 1972, when he inaugurated the first of annual women's camps, he taught yoga technology to turn 'chicks into eagles.' Yogi Bhajan's teachings on women are legendary and one of a kind, including all facets of a woman's life: yoga, spirituality, relationships, marriage, pregnancy & family, career, true human potential and much more. Yogi Bhajan was a champion of women's rights, and believed that it is women who are the backbone of society. Become ten times greater than me." 81 Facets & Multifold Activity His challenge to yoga students: "Don't love me, love my teachings. His credo: "It's not the life that matters, it's the courage that you bring to it." His motto: "If you can't see God in all, you can't see God at all." His openhearted acceptance of everyone along with an uncompromising insistence upon excellence made him a formidable teacher. Fearless, outspoken yet humble, he could be both charming and daunting as the occasion required. Standing six feet three, Yogi Bhajan's powerful and dynamic presence dominated any gathering. In 1987 he transferred these workshops to videotape, calling them "Renew to be New" courses, which continue to be held worldwide. Yogi Bhajan as the Mahan Tantricīecoming the Mahan Tantric - the only living Master of White Tantric Yoga - in 1971, Yogi Bhajan conducted special yoga workshops in cities around the world. Yogi Bhajan himself wrote over 30 books including The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan, Furmaan Khalsa, The Masters Touch, and The Mind. Over 200 books have been written based on his teachings, as well as a wealth of Mantra CD's and Yoga Videos, as well as paintings, and sculpture. Inspired and motivated by his words and adhering to the yoga practices he taught, students created music, art, and poetry reflecting the universal wisdom he shared. His basic message was "It is your birthright to be healthy, happy, and holy." Traveling extensively in the 1970's and 1980's, Yogi Bhajan crusaded tirelessly to educate, uplift, and enlighten everyone he met. In 1994, 3HO became a member of the United Nations as an NGO (Non-Governmental-Organization) in Consultative Status (Roster) with the Economic and Social Council, representing women's issues, promoting human rights and providing education in alternative systems of medicine. Under Yogi Bhajan's guidance as Director of Spiritual Education, 3HO mushroomed worldwide, to 300 centers in 35 countries. 3HO's service to humanity is through Kundalini Yoga, meditation and the Science of Humanology which improves physical well being, as well as deepening spiritual awareness. In July of 1969 the non-profit 3HO Foundation (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization) was incorporated in California. Soon he was teaching at colleges and universities, including Claremont and UCLA, and accepting invitations to teach in other cities.
From these humble beginnings, teaching first at the East West Cultural Center and then in a student's furniture store in West Hollywood, "The Yogi" was like a magnet. He called it the "3HO" (healthy, happy, holy) way of life. With the yogic sciences of yoga, meditation, yogic philosophy, and loving acceptance, he gave the soon to be called "Baby Boomers" an effective alternative to the prevalent drug culture. Yogi Bhajan met a number of young hippies, the spiritual seekers of that era, and immediately recognized that the experience of higher consciousness they were attempting to find through drugs, could be achieved by practicing the Science of Kundalini Yoga, while simultaneously rebuilding their nervous systems.īreaking the centuries old tradition of secrecy surrounding the empowering science of Kundalini Yoga, Yogi Bhajan began teaching it publicly. He announced he had come to the West "to create teachers, not to gain students". Yogi Bhajan was the first to publicly teach Kundalini Yoga when he arrived in the West in 1968.
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