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{{Infobox Organization |name=Brahma Kumari World Spiritual University |image=Bkwsulogo.jpg |size=80px |caption= |map= |msize= |mcaption= |formation=1930s |type=[[Millenarian]]ist [[New Religious Movement]] |headquarters=[[Rajasthan]], [[India]] |membership= |language=[[Hindi (language)|Hindi]],  [[English (language)|English]] |leader_title=Founder |leader_name=[[Lekhraj Kripalani]] (1884&ndash;1969), known as "Brahma Baba" to the followers |key_people=Janki Kripalani, Hirday Mohini, Ratan Mohini, Jayanti Kirpalani, Mohini Panjabi, Dr. Nirmala R. Kajaria, Ramesh Shah, Nirwair Sani, Brij Mohan, Karunakara Shetty. |num_staff= |budget= |website=[http://www.bkwsu.org/ bkwsu.org] [http://www.brahmakumaris.com/ brahmakumaris.com]
}}'''Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University''' (BKWSU) or '''Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya''' (Sanskrit/Hindi: प्रजापिता ब्रह्माकुमारी ईश्वरीय विश्वविद्यालय | සිංහල :බ්‍රහ්ම කුමාරි ලෝක ආධ්‍යාත්මික විශ්ව විද්‍යාලයය) is a [[monastic]], renunciate,<ref name="Tessa_Bartholomeusz_Bo_Tree">{{cite book |last1=Bartholomeusz |first1=Tessa J. |last2=Clayton |first2=John |last3=Collins |first4=Stevens |last5=de Lange |first5=Nicholas |title=Women under the Bo Tree: Buddhist nuns in Sri Lanka |series=Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions |year=1994 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0521461290
(contracted; show full)
}}</ref>   After Kripalani's death in 1969, his followers expanded the movement to other countries.<ref name="Stephen_Hunt_Alternative">{{cite book |last=Hunt |first=Stephen J. |title=Alternative Religions: A Sociological Introduction |year=2003 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |isbn=0754634108 |page=120
}}</ref>

==Administration
 | පරිපාලනය==  
From 1936, the Bahma Kumaris were headed by Lekhraj Kriplani till 1969 after which Dadi Prakash Mani took the responsibilities until 2007. Following her death in 2007, Janki Kripalani headed the organisation. BK Hirday Mohini and Ratan Mohini are the additional administrative heads. 

(contracted; show full)vide accredited courses and diplomas, and there they became known as the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization.<ref name="Purity_and_Peace">P. 169 Peace and Purity: The Story of the Brahma Kumaris a Spiritual Revolution By Liz Hodgkinson</ref> "''The term "university" could be retained at the United Nations, however, as this word is a literal translation of the Hindu original.''"<ref name="Purity_and_Peace" />

==Activities
 |  ක්‍රියාකාරකම්==
The Brahma Kumaris conduct seven one-hour-long courses in their philosophy and open-eyed [[meditation]] technique. The organization offers courses in "[[positive thinking]]", "Self Management Leadership", and "Living Values."<ref name="Values_Education">{{cite journal |last=Nesbitt |first=Eleanor |coauthors=A. Henderson |year=2003 |month=April |title=Religious Organisations in the UK and Values Education Programmes for Schools |journal=Journal of Beliefs and (contracted; show full)
}}</ref> Souls exists in the soul world "totally untained by matter ... as a starlike point of light until they have to 'play their part' within the world drama on the physical plane" at whatever time in history they are destined to incarnate for the first time.<ref name="o'Donnell_Soul_world">{{cite book |last=O'Donnell |first=Ken |title=New Beginnings |year=1995 |publisher=Brahma Kumaris World University |isbn=0-9637-3964-6
}}</ref>

===Karma
 |  කර්මය===
The Brahma Kumaris teach their own version {{Citation needed |date=August 2009}} of the "law of [[karma]]" and believe that that status of a reborn individual is according to its state of consciousness. In it there are 3 types of karma i.e. Sukarma, Vikarma and Akarma. Through BK Raja Yoga meditation, it is claimed that one is able to burn away ones' sins or bad karma (Vikarma).<ref name=Hunt2003>{{cite book |author=Hunt, S. |year=2003 |title=Alternative Religions: A Sociological In(contracted; show full)
}}</ref> 
and at the end of each Cycle, everyone will see visions in which their personal destinies will be fully disclosed.<ref name="John_Walliss_reflexive"/>

===Meditation | භාවනාව===
The Brahma Kumaris teach a form of [[meditation]] through which members are encouraged to purify their minds and 'burn away' the [[karma|Karmic]] effects of past misdeeds.<ref name="Lawrence_Babb_Redemptive" /> This may be done by sitting tranquilly in front of a screen on to which Dada Lekhraj's image is projected, then making [[affirmations]] regarding the [[eternity|eternal]] nature of the [[soul]].<ref name="_Chryssides_Historical/">{{cite book |last=Ch(contracted; show full)

; Other sites
* [http://www.brahmakumaris.info BrahmaKumaris.Info] - Independent support website run by mainly ex-members and associates of the BKWSU
* [http://www.reachouttrust.org/articles/othergrp/brahma.htm ReachoutTrust.Org] - Christian perspective of Brahma Kumaris
* [http://www.rickross.com/reference/general/general924.html RickRoss.Com] - End of the World Predicted.
* [http://www.pbks.info PBKs.Info] - Alternative interpretations of Brahma Kumaris' channelled messages
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* [http://www.bkwsu.org/srilanka ශ්‍රී ලංකාව] - බ්‍රහ්ම කුමාරි රාජයෝග මධ්‍යස්ථානය - ශ්‍රී ලංකාව.

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