Sikh Scholars' Views On Singh's Mission
Singh's work has received mixed reactions among mainstream Sikhs.
Bhai Sahib Sardar Kapur Singh, a Sikh scholar recognized by the Akal Takht, praised Singh highly for his work in spreading Sikhism in the West.
Dr. Fauja Singh, M.A., Ph.D, Professor and Director, Department of History and Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala, India praised Singh's marriage of yoga and religion, saying "he has helped to retrieve from its distorted image of the medieval period and has restored it to its original and meaningful usage and purpose, that is to say, the desire to attain union with God through its agency."
On the other hand, Dr. Trilochan Singh, author of over twenty books on Sikh history, published a treatise in 1977 highly critical of Singh entitled "Sikhism and Tantric Yoga." Dr. Singh argued that Kundalini and Tantric yoga has no place in traditional Sikhism. In James Wilde's Time article of September 5, 1977 “Yogi Bhajan's Synthetic Sikhism,” Dr. Trilochan Singh proffered his opinion that "Bhajan's synthesis of Sikhism and Tantrism is a sacrilegious hodgepodge."
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