Miri Piri 學院由 Soorya Kaur（Yogi Bhajan的工作人員）分享。 她在2005年撰寫的《YogiJi — 我們的靈魂之光》一書的第 64-65 頁分享了這些話和這張照片。
Miri Piri 學院（MPA）是印度阿姆利則的一所兒童寄宿學校，由Yogiji 建立，原因有兩個。 第一個原因：把這些戴著頭巾、不同生活方式和信仰體系的不尋常的孩子從一般的美國學校帶走。 在那些學校裡，他們可能會受到嘲笑和毒品性愛派對時下非常流行。 第二個原因是給他們一個他們可以引以為豪的身份。 讓他們過著Ｇuru 的學生的生活，以及這所包含的一切。 在學校裡，除了常規學習外，他們還有靈修練習，在金廟做出服務貢獻，學習Siri Guru Granth Sahib，學習Gatka（武術）和Kirtan唱誦。 學院有自己的謁師所Gurdwara（Siri Guru Granth Sahib居住的地方），他們在那裡服務和管理。 每個從MPA畢業的孩子都會獲得昆達里尼瑜伽的教師培訓證書。 最近，我帶著我的朋友Neesha，一個印度錫克徒，去了阿姆利則。 當她參觀金廟和學校謁師所時，她說這兩種經歷都相當屬於參與行動研究。 她被孩子們感動了，在謁師所裡感到謙卑。 她說他們是真實的錫克（學生），她覺得自己反倒是像個偽裝者。
Soorya Kaur 的祝福
我想感謝神賜予我很多很多的祝福，特別是感謝我的好朋友 Neesha Singh。 如果沒有她的編輯和寫作技巧，以及與生俱來的攝影覺察，我永遠不會完成這本書。 我們建立了一種夥伴關係，在極短的時間內使這本書成為現實。
當我在研究這本書要怎麼寫的時，我的照片（我總是試圖讓他為我微笑）讓我在這裡與你分享這些親密的回憶，開啟了閘門。 如果我可以謙虛地說，我不認為這是「 我的書 」，因為 Guru Ram Das 和 Yogiji 看透了我，這本書有它自己的生命。
很難決定是Guru Ram Das 接納了 Yogiji 還是 Yogiji 接納了 Guru Ram Das。 每天早上，當 Yogiji 在印度阿姆利則金廟進行 Seva（無私服務）清洗地板時，他都會聽到 Guru Ram Das 的 Bani（祈禱）。 在此期間，他被一次奇蹟式的靈性提升經歷所啟迪，他與Guru Ram Das的連結將永遠被封印。 Guru Ram Das 成為他和我們的贊助者古魯大師。 我們被教導要呼喚他來承擔我們的痛苦、解決我們的問題、在我們身邊，在需要時創造奇蹟，而古魯總是交付予我們。
Miri Piri Academy is shared by Soorya Kaur (staff member of Yogi Bhajan. She shared these words and this photo on page 64-65 of her book YogiJi – The Light of Our Souls, written in 2005
The Miri Piri Academy (MPA), a boarding school for children in Amritsar, India, was established by Yogiji for two basic reasons. The first reason: to take these unusual children with their turbans, different lifestyle and belief system, away from the regular American schools. In those schools they might be exposed to ridicule and to the drug-sex scene that was prevalent. The second reason was to give them an identity that they could be proud of. And to have them live the life of a Gursikh, with everything that it entailed.
At the school, besides their regular studies, they practice sadhana, perform seva at the Golden Temple, study the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, learn Gatka (martial art of sword fighting) and Kirtan. The academy has its own Gurdwara (the place where the Siri Guru Granth Sahib resides) where they serve and which they manage. Every child graduating from MPA leaves with a teacher-training certificate in Kundalini Yoga. Very recently, I took my friend Neesha, an Indian Sikh to Amritsar. When she visited the Golden Temple and the school Gurdwara, she said that both experiences were at par. She was so moved by the children and humbled by them at the Gurdwara. She said they were the true Sikhs and she felt like a pretender.
Soorya Kaur Blessings
I wish to thank God for many, many blessings, but in particular, for my good friend Neesha Singh. I could never have done this book without her editing and writing skills, and innate sense for photography. We forged a partnership that made this book a reality in an extremely short period of time.
While I was working on the idea of this book, my pictures (I always attempted to make him smile for me) opened a floodgate of the intimate memories that I share here with you. If I may humbly say this, I don’t think of this as “my book” because Guru Ram Das and Yogiji saw me through it, and it took on a life of its own.
It is difficult to decide whether Guru Ram Das adopted Yogiji or Yogiji adopted Guru Ram Das. Every morning as he performed Seva (selfless service) washing the floors of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, Yogiji heard Guru Ram Das’ Bani (prayers). During this period, he was enlightened by a miraculous spiritually elevating experience, and his bond with Guru Ram Das was sealed forever. Guru Ram Das became his and our patron Guru. We learn to call upon him to take our pain, to sort out our problems, to be there for us, to produce a miracle when needed, and he always delivered.
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