Editing 3HO (section)

==Business ventures==

According to anthropology professor and Sikh diaspora researcher Nicola Mooney, 3HO Sikhs have combined "ethic and capitalism" to their spiritual pursuits, with Sikh Dharma International and its associated corporate entities and directors creating and controlling the [[Yogi Tea]] and [[Akal Security]] brands with a worldwide presence.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Mooney | first=Nicola | title=Reading Weber Among the Sikhs: Asceticism and Capitalism in the 3Ho/Sikh Dharma | journal=Sikh Formations | publisher=Taylor & Francis | volume=8 | issue=3 | year=2012 | doi=10.1080/17448727.2012.745305 | pages=417–436| s2cid=145775040 }}</ref>

Golden Temple of Oregon, a natural foods company that built the Peace Cereal and Yogi Tea brands, was owned by a corporate entity controlled by Yogi Bhajan, and was estimated to be worth around $100,000,000 at the time of his death. The company was transferred to Kartar Singh Khalsa for $100, sparking lawsuits over improper disposition of the assets.<ref>{{cite news |last=Culverwell |first=Wendy |date=2012-02-24 |title=Schwabe Williamson sued for $230M in Yogi Bhajan-related suit |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2012/02/suits-fly-when-100m-company-sold-for.html |newspaper=Portland Business Journal |location=Portland, Oregon |access-date=2017-01-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Buri McDonald |first=Sherri |date=2010-12-14 |title=Yogi's widow sues managers |url=http://projects.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/business/25663938-41/golden-temple-infinity-khalsa-lawsuit.csp |newspaper=The Register-Guard |location=Eugene, Oregon |access-date=2017-01-17 |quote=The widow’s lawsuit, which was filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, alleges that Unto Infinity authorized raises and perks for its members, including boosting Khalsa’s salary from $125,000 in 2002 to $850,000 in 2008. . . Hers is the third lawsuit to accuse Unto Infinity members of breaking their fiduciary duty to safeguard the Sikh Dharma community’s assets and of personally profiting instead. The other two lawsuits — one filed by Sikh Dharma ministers and the other by Oregon Attorney General John Kroger — were consolidated earlier this month.}}</ref> Golden Temple's cereal division was sold to Hearthside Food Solutions in May 2010 for $71 million; the executives were later ordered to return more than half of the sale price to a court-appointed receiver. Hearthside was later acquired by [[Post Holdings|Post]]. Golden Temple was renamed East West Tea Company after that sale.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2012-06-19 |title=Golden Temple execs must return $36 million |url=http://www.oregonbusiness.com/article/item/7603-golden-temple-execs-must-return-36-million |newspaper=Oregon Business |location=Portland, Oregon |access-date=2017-01-17}}</ref>

Another SDI-related company, [[Akal Security]], initially hired 3HO members to guard shops and restaurants. It grew into a $500 million-a-year company with federal contracts to protect numerous government buildings in Washington, DC and elsewhere, including courthouses, airports, and embassies. The founders donated the company to the church in 1980.<ref name="death"/>

Following the death of Yogi Bhajan, control over Golden Temple and Akal Security was contested in a series of lawsuits in Oregon.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Maxine |date=2017-01-09 |title=Long court battle over Sikh business empire takes another turn |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/01/can_a_dispute_over_management.html |newspaper=The Oregonian |location=Portland, Oregon |access-date=2017-01-17}}</ref>

=== Popular culture ===
In October 2024, [[HBO]] premiered the series [[Breath of Fire (TV series)|Breath of Fire]], which talks about the mental and sexual abuse of Yogi Bhajan, and 3HO.