An ancient spiritual gathering place, Guru Ram Das Puri is surrounded for miles by
pristine wilderness of extraordinary natural beauty. To step upon this land is to breathe
the spirit of ancient Native American traditions, to deeply connect with Mother Earth,
and to celebrate Yogi Bhajan’s vision for a healthy, happy, and holy humanity.
An Ancient Native American Tradition.

At the first 3HO® Summer Solstice in New Mexico in 1970, a delegation of Hopi elders
met with Yogi Bhajan. The elders explained that, for a hundred thousand years, huge
spiritual gatherings took place over a vast territory stretching from what is now New
Mexico, south to Mexico, and east to Missouri. Tribal and religious leaders, wise women
and warriors traveled from as far away as South America and across the Bering Strait
from Asia to attend the gatherings. They all shared the belief that the spark of Spirit lives
in everyone, and that by coming together, the Unified Supreme Spirit could be made to
manifest more clearly.

The Hopi elders told Yogi Bhajan that the spiritual gatherings took place once every 108
years, so that the people who came to each meeting had heard about it first-hand from
someone who had actually experienced the last one. However, the last such meeting had
occurred more than 2,000 years ago, when a shift took place: it was determined that the
forces of darkness – in the form of violence, disharmony, and disrespect for nature – were
gaining power at such a tremendous rate that the Unified Supreme Spirit needed to be
protected. The Hopi people were chosen to be the keepers of the Unified Supreme Spirit.
Because of this, Hopis became a very mystical, spiritual limb of the Great Tree, as they
called it.

The Hopi elders went on to tell Yogi Bhajan that it had been foreseen that just before the
forces of darkness reached their full power, a white-clad warrior from the East would
arrive and create a white-clad army to protect the Unified Supreme Spirit. At this precise
moment in time, a final battle between good and evil would be waged. The Hopis said
they had determined that Yogi Bhajan was the white-clad warrior whose coming had
been predicted, and therefore they were entrusting him with the duty of keeping and
protecting the Unified Supreme Spirit. This was a solemn trust that Yogi Bhajan took
very seriously.