Editing 3HO (section)

{{Short description|American new religious organization}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = 3HO
| abbreviation = 3HO
| image = Harbhajan Singh Yogi at Khalsa Women's Training Camp, New Mexico.jpg
| caption = Yogi Bhajan at Khalsa Women's Training Camp, New Mexico
| formation = {{start date and age|1969|07|13|df=yes|p=y}} {{nowrap|[[Los Angeles]]}}, [[United States]]
| logo = 3HO official logo.png
| type = [[Religious organisation]]
| headquarters = [[Española, New Mexico|Espanola]], [[New Mexico]]
| origins = [[Kundalini Yoga]]
| affiliations = Sikh Dharma International, [[Yogi Tea]], [[Akal Security]]
| founder = [[Yogi Bhajan]]
| area_served = Worldwide
| website = {{URL|https://www.3ho.org/}}
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'''3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization)''', also known as Sikh Dharma of the Western Hemisphere or '''Sikh Dharma International''', is a controversial American organization founded in 1969 by [[Harbhajan Singh Khalsa]], also called "Yogi Bhajan".<ref name="Nesbitt2016p101">{{cite book|author=Eleanor Nesbitt|title=Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zD8SDAAAQBAJ |year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-106277-3|pages=101–102}}</ref><ref name="britsikhsects">[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sikhism/Sects-and-other-groups Sects in Sikhism], Encyclopedia Britannica</ref><ref name="fenech8">{{cite book|author1=Pashaura Singh|author2=Louis E. Fenech|title=The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7YwNAwAAQBAJ |year=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-100411-7|pages=8, 358, 515–522}}</ref><ref name="HaarKalsi2009p9">{{cite book|author1= Kristen Haar|author2= Sewa Singh Kalsi|title=Sikhism|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=YOI1nB_zTyAC&pg=PA9| year=2009|publisher =Infobase Publishing| isbn=978-1-4381-0647-2|pages= 9–14}}</ref><ref name="Takhar2016p161">{{cite book|author=Opinderjit Kaur Takhar|title=Sikh Identity: An Exploration of Groups Among Sikhs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UaeoDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT161|year=2016|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-351-90010-2|pages=161–168}}</ref> Its adherents are popularly referred to as the Sikh Dharma Brotherhood.<ref name="HaarKalsi2009p9" /> While referred to as the 3HO movement, "3HO" is strictly speaking the name only of the movement's educational branch.<ref name="britsikhsects" /><ref name="Takhar2016p161"/> Scholars have defined 3HO as a [[new religious movement]].<ref>Chryssides, George D. (2012). ''Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements''. Scarecrow Press. p. 161. {{ISBN|978-0810861947}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Violence and New Religious Movements |title-link=Violence and New Religious Movements |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-19-973563-1 |editor-last=Lewis |editor-first=James R. |editor-link=James R. Lewis (scholar) |location=Oxford; New York |pages=3–5 |language=en}}</ref>