Khalsa was made a Mukia Singh Sahib early in his career with Yogi Bhajan. From the 1970s and into the 1990s, Khalsa owned a large toner telemarketing operation which funneled money into Yogi Bhajans' various corporations. In connection with one enterprise, Sweet Song Corporation, Khalsa and his associates were sued by the FTC for falsely representing the value of gemstone investments, and were subsequently barred from engaging in any business related to collectibles investments. Khalsa has engaged in various business activities, including the Jivan Jewelry and Nine Treasures, a purveyor of luxury watches, in order to provide financial resources for Sikh Dharma. In recent years, as Yogi Bhajan's health didn't permitted him to travel, Khalsa has served in his place representing him across the country. He has lectured and taught throughout the United States, Europe and Latin America. He is a member of the World Affairs Council and the Committee for Better Government Cooperation with Religions. Khalsa has served on the Interreligious Council of Los Angeles for many years.

For, if you can't see God in all, you can't see God at all.' Careerįor the last 30 years Khalsa has worked with Yogi Bhajan, serving as Chief of Protocol for Sikh Dharma. Sikhs believe it's great to be a Christian, a Jew or a Hindu just be a good one. It acknowledges the truth of all religions but still has a discipline of its own. Secondly, and most importantly, after studying many religions and teachings, Sikhism was inclusive rather than exclusive. Explaining his attraction to Sikhism, Khalsa said, 'First, my teacher and spiritual master Yogi Bhajan was a Sikh and he's the one who afforded me the way to this experience.

Once having experienced it, I wanted to live there rather than just visit.' Thus, began his conversion to the Sikh faith 40 years ago. When asked what yoga did for him, he answered: 'Yoga gave me the experience of spirituality before my time and without years of spiritual practice. In the early 1970s he started practicing Kundalini yoga. Khalsa attended the University of Oklahoma Business School and Washington University Law School before entering the family business. He was raised in a reformed Jewish community with whom he spent his youth between St. Louis, Missouri, to a well-to-do real estate development family. Khalsa (born Stephen Oxenhandler ) was born Septemin St.

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