14年前的10月6日下午，Yogi Bhajan 完成了最後一口氣息。 在他的牧場家中，被家人和學生包圍著，他完成了最後一次旅行，並進入了精微的靈性之域。 只要我還活著，我就不會忘記那一天的聲音、景象和感覺。 那時 Yogi Bhajan病了很久，臥床不起。 前一週，他讓他的學生把他的輪椅推到修道院周圍，去看看，並觸碰沿途經過的每樣東西。 儘管他隨後向所有人宣佈，他將再活六年，但這次從他的穹頂建築出發的難得短短地出行，卻有著祝福的快樂感覺，和最後告別時的嚴肅重量。
10月4日星期一，他開始了在生與死之間退出意識狀態的過程。 那時烏雲密布，下午被雷雨襲擊。 雖然這在夏季季風季節是正常發生，但到秋天，新墨西哥州通常天空晴朗。 但十月的那三天，天空咆哮著，像我以前從未見過的那樣轟轟烈烈。 週三下午，一股狂野呼嘯的巨風用猛烈的雷聲席捲了修道院。 當Yogi Bhajan去世的電話撥過來時，我並不感到驚訝。 當我抵達牧場時，Yogi Bhajan的妻子Bibiji正坐在客廳裡，臉上沾滿淚水。 「 給大家打電話，Shanti」她說著。 「 讓他們來道別吧。」 就是在這樣的時刻，當心被壓垮的時候，Bibiji想到了同修 Sangat ，考慮到別人，超過對待自己當時的感覺，這就是她慈悲的高度。
一小時內，在這牧場整個修道院的人聚集起來。 朋友、家人、學生和來訪的人都坐在一起，唱誦著 「 Guru Guru Wahe Guru, Guru Ram Das Guru」。 在兩三個人一組情況下，每個人都有機會進入穹頂建築，向他們的老師道別。
最後，當一切準備就緒後，我們開啟穹頂之門，把老師的大體帶到等待的救護車上。 同修們讓開了一條路，老師經過唱誦的人群。 當我們關上救護車門，它開始在小碎石的停車場緩慢前進時，我被現實所震撼，就是那種一切都突然發生了變化。 向Guru Ram Das的唱頌在我耳邊響起，在我周圍飄蕩，帶著我的心經歷度過了未來的日子。 雖然Yogi Bhajan已經離開這個場域14年了，但我仍然感覺到他在每個昆達里尼瑜伽課上的存在，無論在哪裡教。 他的遺產流經他的教導，這些是送給我們的禮物。 我感謝Yogi Bhajan教學圖書館保留了他的聲音和資料，不僅僅是為了我，也是為了他所有的學生，以及一代又一代的追尋者和來臨的學生。
Shanti Kaur為2018年10月的KRI通訊撰寫了這篇文章。 Shanti Kaur Khalsa是一位妻子、母親、祖母和專業作家，將卡沙Khalsa價值觀帶入生活的方方面面。 她是一位引人入勝的錫克教師，將錫克歷史的智慧帶入現代生活。 Shanti花了二十多年的時間與Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji 一起學習，Yogiji 啟發了她走上錫克的道路。 她是一位令人受之鼓舞的 kirtania，她環遊世界、提供鼓舞人心的kirtan和講座計劃。
A CRASH OF THUNDER AND ALL THINGS CHANGE
Posted October 6, 2018 by Shanti Kaur Khalsa & filed under Legacy Organizations, Our Authors, Siri Singh Sahib Ji, Your Stories.
Fourteen years ago in the afternoon of October 6th, Yogi Bhajan breathed his last breath. At home on his Ranch, surrounded by family and students, he made that final journey and crossed into the subtle realm of spirit. For as long as I live, I will not forget the sounds, sights and sensations of that day.
Yogi Bhajan had been ill for a long time and was bedridden. The week before, he had his students push his wheelchair around the ashram to look at and touch each and every thing along the way. And although he then pronounced to all that he would live another six years, this rare excursion from his Dome had the joyous feeling of a blessing and the somber weight of a last goodbye.
On Monday, October 4th he started the process of withdrawing into that state of consciousness between life and death. Dark clouds gathered, and the afternoon was battered with thunderstorms. While that is a normal occurrence in summer monsoon season, by fall, New Mexico is usually graced with clear skies. But those three days in October, the sky roared and boomed like I had never seen before. On Wednesday afternoon, there was a wild, whooshing wind that ripped through the ashram with crashing thunder. I was not surprised when the phone call came that Yogi Bhajan had passed.
When I arrived at the Ranch, Yogi Bhajan’s wife, Bibiji, was sitting in the living room with a tear-stained face. “Call everyone, Shanti,” she said. “Let them come say goodbye.” At such a time when the heart was crushed, it was a measure of her compassion that Bibiji thought of the sangat and the feelings of others over herself.
Within the hour, the whole ashram gathered at the Ranch. Friends, family, students, and visitors alike sat together and chanted, “Guru Guru Wahe Guru, Guru Ram Das Guru.” In small groups of two or three, everyone had the chance to come into the Dome and say their personal farewell to their teacher.
Finally, when everything was ready, we opened the Dome door to bring his still body to the waiting ambulance. The sangat opened a path, and he was brought through the chanting crowd. As we shut the ambulance doors and it began its slow crunching roll over the gravel parking lot, I was struck with the reality that all things had suddenly changed. The chanting to Guru Ram Das rang in my ears and floated around me and carried my heart through the days ahead.
Although Yogi Bhajan has been gone from this realm for 14 years, I still feel his presence in each Kundalini Yoga class, no matter where it is taught. His legacy flows through his teachings and these are a gift to us. I am grateful to the Yogi Bhajan Library of Teachings for preserving his voice and his message, not only for me but for all his students and the generations of seekers and students to come.
Shanti Kaur wrote this article for the October 2018 KRI Newsletter
Shanti Kaur Khalsa is a wife, mother, grandmother and professional writer who brings Khalsa values to every aspect of life. She is an engaging Sikh teacher who brings the wisdom of Sikh history into modern life. Shanti spent more than twenty years studying with Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji who inspired her on the path of Sikhism. She is an inspired kirtania who travels worldwide giving inspirational kirtan and lecture programs
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