INTRODUCTION TO GOD-FATHERLY UNIVERSITY OF PRAJAPITA BRAHMA KUMARIS

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PRAJAPITA BRAHMA KUMARIS ISWARIYA VISWA VIDYALAYA

(A NON-GOVERNMENTAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE AND RAJYOGA TRAINING)

INTERNAL H.O.                                                                           EASTERN ZONE H.O.

PANDAV BHABAN                                                  1A. ASHUTOSH MUKHERJEE

MOUNT ABU(RAJASTHAN)                                                                   ROAD

INDIA.                                                                                    CALCUTTA-700020

INTRODUCTION TO GOD-FATHERLY UNIVERSITY OF PRAJAPITA BRAHMA KUMARIS

1.     The Prajapita B.K. World Spiritual University stands for Purity, Perfection and Peace of Mankind. In the traditional schools and universities, the students generally learn subjects like humanities sciences. This helps them to achieve degrees and status as that of a Professor, a Doctor, a Lawyer or an Engineer. Thereby, they acquire some happiness too; but that is not in full measure and all-round but is only trivial and short liked. (HEALTH, BEAUTY, GOOD FRIENDS AND RELATIVES AND GOOD CHARACTER ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT BRING A MAN HAPPINESS, ONE DOES NOT ATTAIN ALL THESE IN FULL MEASURE THROUGH UNIVERSITY EDUCATION). The aim of spiritual education at this Divine University is to enable people to divines themselves so that they can attain the highest stage or status like that of Shri Narayan and Shri Laxmi, the famous deities who had all kinds of happiness, in full measure. The object of this education is to guide man to attain Release (Mukti from all kinds of suffering and to be a devta (deity) i.e., to have divine qualities. Therefore, great stress is laid, here on character building and on cultivating in one’s self. Divine quality and on following the divine life (Divya Maryada). By means of this education, man receives guidance and the might to be able to attachment and arrogance, and thus to rise from the depths of degradation to the pinnacle of purity. In other words, Practical Training is imparted here to help a man achieve complete purity of thought, word and deed.

2.      THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THIS GODLY UNIVERSITY:

1.  It is known to all that vices (Sex, Lust, Anger, Greed, Attachment, Pride and Laziness are the main vices) or evil acts bring sorrows and sufferings in our lives. We have, therefore, to replace these vices by divine qualities and to have true happiness and lasting peace and to lead a life absolutely free of all kinds of sufferings.

2.  In order to attain purity or uprightness of character, we need not leave our earth and home and community life and repair, like ascetics (Sanyashi) to jungle. Certainly, we need not adopt such a course. In fact, the word ‘Purity’ implies that we should remain untouched by evil while living with our fairly and the community even as a lotus remains untouched by the mire in which it grown. But today man has not the knowledge which would teach him how to be pure and taintless nor he has the necessary will power and spiritual strength to overcome the views. To fulfil this necessity, divine knowledge is given here that enables one to know the self (soul the supreme soul or God and also the full course of the cycle of the universe or in other words, the story of the soul’s 84 lives in the world cycle and thus to know all about the past, the present and the future and to attain self-realisation and God-realisation). Here is also taught the easy Raj Yoga by means of which man having linked his soul to the supreme soul, achieves in practical life, deep peace, spiritual right, transcendental bliss and untold happiness and having scotched the Karmic debt and evil doings of his past many like becomes completely pure, calm and happy forever. At this university men, women and children, in fact, whole families, are receiving instructions in Divine Knowledge and Yoga and are attaining purity and spiritual happiness.

3.  THE NEED FOR THIS INSTITUTION:

a)     There are many religious organisations preaching ‘Dharma’(religion). But ‘Dharma’ truly means ‘Dharana’ i.e., attainment of purity and inculcation of divine qualities in the self and the acquisition of higher values in the advent of the numerous-religious society, man’s life has improved or do we notice over-increasing strife and degeneration all-round us? Has man’s conduct and character been satisfactorily elevated by his affiliation to a religious institution or the moral values are being neglected in practical life.

b)    Now, this institution known as ‘PRAJAPITA BRAHMA KUMARIS ISWARIYA VISWA VIDYALAYA’ is making earnest and concerted efforts to build man’s character to bring about transformation in his behaviour and to enable his conduct. Here, nobody sermonizes or advise people to give up vices but everyone is given practical guidance and individual attain to enable him to achieve this aim. Here, sincere and sustained efforts are made to help a man render righteous his habits of food, his thought, speech and action and his ways of life. If listen to the experiences of these who have been attending the spiritual classes for some time now, he will be able to appreciate the difference between how they led their lives before they came in touch with this institution and hoe greatly changed these men and women have become sincere. One will find how a noteworthy transformation has taken place and how, while living with their ketch and kin, they are getting right of the vices and are leading a life of purity and peace.

c)     One can say that there are numerous religious organisation in the world, is not a great decay in Religion and aversion to religious belief. We must have observed that people today go to temples and worship Shri Laxmi and Shri Narayan, Shri Sita and Shri Rama and other God and Goddess or they go to churches and mosques in themselves; rather they are full of vices. While singing hymns of praise into the deities, or into God into some prophet these people say, “Lord, though art possessed of all good qualities, thou art completely viceless, thou art model of what excellent soul ought to be…”; but they are themselves possessed of all evil qualities, are thoroughly vicious and are the very opposite of excellence. They perform the prescribed rituals but they do not improve their character or actions. They are caught in the meshes of customs and false conventional propriety (Asuri Maryada) and similar observances. They scared songs of peace (Shanti Patha) but soon after, abandon themselves to anger and disquiet.

d)    Where is the spiritual outlook to-day which people ought to have? Where is the mutual regard and Love? Well, but from the point of view of morals, high ideals, righteous dealings and good conduct, man has already definitely gone down. In short, true religion has mostly vanished.

e)     So, the aim of this Divine University or Brahma Kumaris Iswariya Viswa Vidyalaya is to make known and to re-establish the righteous way of life, i.e., the Religions of the Devatas that has been lost and to bring in, thereby the deity civilisation. From this standpoint, this institution does not propagate any new faith, but it is training people to put, once again, into practice the religion that was once of the holy and the righteous, such as of Shri Laxmi-Narayan, of Shri Rama-Sita; but on which people have ow turned their backs. But, because that knowledge for higher practical life since long been forgotten, so the whole of it will appear to us to be quite new when we will listen to it is really very ancient. In whatever we are taught here, we will discover antiquity in it and we will also find a strange newness of freshness. Secondly, we will be told the story of the beginning, the mid-period and the end of all religions. So that men of all dominations can benefit from it, for here man is taught to be firmly established in purity and peace which is the real religion or intrinsic character (Swadharma) of the soul.

4.  WHY IS IT KNOWN AS GOD-FATHERLY UNIVERSITY?

a)     One can easily understand that the task of transformation of the present extremely vicious society into super righteous one, or the work of re-establishment of the power and knew of man however high. It can be done only by God and should let you know clearly that this work is being done by him now and that we are but it is instrumented acting according to his directions. He, the supreme soul, the world father is in fact, the door, the director, the guide or the drawing force, for he is the only one known as the ocean of knowledge, the ‘Almighty’ and the ‘Redeemer the sinful’. This University is running on lines laid down by Him the Incorporeal God-Father. In fact, it is His in all respects. That is why it is known as God-Fatherly University. How it also will be clear one as he studies further.

5.  WHAT SERVICE IS THIS INSTITUTION DOING?

a.     This University is contributing to the solution of national difficulties and problems in his own manner and according to divine methods. For, instance the greatest problems of the day are that of overpopulation. On account of the excessive increase in population, people get neither a full nor employment nor house to live in. Overpopulation in some of the cause of dearness. Even bribery and adulteration are due to over-population to a certain extent because people resort to unfair means to feed their growing families or a large number of children.

b.     Now, this university or Iswariya Viswa Vidyalaya gives practical guidance for maintaining Brahmacharya i.e., Chastity. Those men and women who have been attending the classes here for some time and has been following the teachings, observe the rules of purity and chastity i.e., Brahmacharya without fall. Thus, penny, the work of Birth-control is being done here, resulting in great good to their health and to their spiritual progress.

c.      There is, to-day, another problem, i.e., of indiscipline and corruption. This Viswa Vidyalaya teaches people to adhere to discipline in their spiritual and social behaviour and to righteous in thought, word and deed. One of the perturbing problems of today is that of food. Here, people are taught to have control over their taste also. They observe some rules of food. They are not like gultones always to be found eating one thing or another, they take only what is SATTWIC and necessary. Since they don’t eat often, but eat only moderately and since they do not take things prepared in the market, they don’t waste food of which the country feels shortage at present.

d.     Then there is the problem of purity. Those who receive spiritual education here, do not waste money over smoking, drinking eating dainty-bits or t-bits, or over cinemas and fashions. Their living in simple, they don’t squander money over useless customs and rituals. Thus, their financial condition improves not only because they are now safe from extravagance but also because they are hard-working. They discard indolence, because here this also is considered a vice or an evil.

e.      Thus, by observing caution in matters of eating, by adapting, Brahmacharya by taking to vicelessness and simple living, and by dint of the spiritual joy that comes from God’s knowledge. Yoga and purity, it also becomes possible to maintain good health. Of course, ill-health due to old karmic debts is another thing.

f.       Again, we find here a solution to the serious problems of National Integration also. Here, man is given coaching for inculcating into himself, or the qualities of tolerance, love, Ahinsa (Non-violence) calmness, freedom from anger, spiritual outlook, fortitude etc., which contribute to unity. Besides, this opinions or religious affiliations be, are children of one and the same father, the supreme soul and have come from the same world Paramdham (the world of souls) and that in their original nature or religion all souls are pure and peaceful. Moreover, the knowledge that is given here about God is of Universal nature and helps to bring about integration.

g.     We know that ‘World Peace’ is another burning problem of today. People, nowadays, long for only when there is peace in the LIFE of the individuals. We are solving this problem also because the students of this university live a life of vices and this brings them peace.

6.  WHY IS IT CALLED A WORLD UNIVERSITY?

a.     Here, useful knowledge about the beginning of the mid-period and the end of world history is given. Having understand what the secret of the creation of this world of a human being is, man becomes able to conquer Mayaas i.e., the evil in him and this to earn title to the rulership of the whole viceless world, i.e., heaven, equal to that of world-covering Shri Laxmi and world covering Shri Narayan who ruled the world when it was in its Golden Age. Now here else is given the knowledge of the beginning to end the history of the world, the knowledge of the world cycle of numerous births (embodiments) of the soul, or of the establishment, sustenance and destruction of the world. Here, one also learns about the world father of all souls, who is the giver of happiness and peace and is the redeemer of the sinful. Having learnt this, one will also know-how, in the days of yore, deities, such as Shri Laxmi and Shri Narayan enjoyed the undivided fortunes of the world. There was mutual love them and there were no strikes then. After having had peace and happiness in the Golden Age (Satyuga) and Silver Age (Treta) the deities, at the commencement of the Copper Age (Dwaparayuga), reversed their way, i.e., took to vices and therefore, we're no longer “Deities”. Then of that time, sorrow and peacelessness appeared on the world scene and other faints and other religions were established. This latter also have now reached the lowest level and have fully decayed. Now, the Iron-age is about to end to make room for Satya Yuga the Golden Age. Here, the aim is the same, namely that man may again be able to attain purity and divine virtues and that Ram Rajya or the Swaraj of deities may again come to be established. So, this knowledge is a must for all alike, because by means of it, every soul, of whatever religious denominations it be, learns the history of its cycle of life, and achieves transcendental peace and happiness which are desired so much by the world present.

7. THE TIME REQUIRED FOR ITS STUDY:

a)     It takes a week or so to understand the gist of what is told here about the creator and Miscreation, i.e., about the Supreme Soul, the souls and the cycle of the Universe (the Srishti Karta) and about the easy way of Rajyoga. He who abstains iron thought polluting food and bad company and observes the spiritual rules scrupulously and has true zest does surely grasp the essence of this knowledge and of Easy Rajyoga in about a week time. By adopting at least some of the methods of overcoming vice, he starts on the path of purity. But it certainly takes much more time to translate these teaching in practical day-to-day life, to scotch and eradicate all the evil latencies of the past bad actions by means of the flame of yoga and to acquire divine qualities instead and reach the heights of yoga and to attain by dint of practise the complete fulfilment of the soul. when the soul drinks in the essence of God, God's knowledge and gets bliss, power and peace through yoga, then man continues to enjoy daily the nectar of divine knowledge and the practice of yoga. then the soul receives daily the portion of knowledge and, of its own accord, it works hard to waste off the dirt, gathered over the centuries, and to enjoy sweet. communication with GOD till the end of life.

b)                Man needs good company to be able to translate God's knowledge into action. therefore, even after this one week's course continuance of this company where God's knowledge is given, helps keep up the effort. you can understand how, when God, our most beloved father, grants us the treasures of knowledge for our own sake, it is only the unfortunates who would not aspire to have it. so, when one finds that this knowledge is easy and interesting and that  there is no Gurudom or hierarchy of the Gurus or spiritual bosses here, no asking for donation or subscriptions, no rituals neither Hatha Yoga nor Pranayam (enforced restraint of one’s breath) nor any siltation of Mantras (holy formulas) no mode of blind faith nor the necessity of leaving our houses and home, but here one only listen to sweet talk of him, his abode and his works, who will not provide he loves him, benefit from all this? Why cannot man find an hour, so every day to devote to making his, life sublime and bright like a diamond, when he is told the story of the up and down of the soul and is helped in eradicating the thorn-like vices in an easy manner in an atmosphere of love, simplicity, righteousness and soul consciousness in order to have ties of love with Him?

8. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WORD “BRAHMAKUMARIES”

    a) The term, Brahmakumaries, Means, “the daughters of Brahma”. It is through Brahma that the incorporeal supreme father creates the Golden Age (Satya Yuga) world of purity. From this point of view all men and women are Brahma’s children or, in other words, Brahma Kumaris and Brahma Kumars, who should live together as loving loving brothers and sisters belonging to one and the same divine family. Others call Brahma as Adam or Baba-e-Adham, but because of the ignorance of deity religion established through Brahma, the divine father or founder of this first religious dynasty of the world. People are at war with one another like unprincipled helpless being. The incorporeal Supreme Soul gives knowledge about Himself through the Corporeal medium of Brahma Adam and he establishes the first religion, namely the Deity Religion also through Brahma at the time of creation. So Prajapita Brahma is the progenitor of the human dynasty. Therefore, at this school, one is told that the incorporeal supreme soul is the father on High of all Souls, that, Prajapita Brahma is the first Divine Father of all mankind and that therefore, we should live together like brothers or like brothers and sisters.

   b) Through Prajapita Brahma God has imparted knowledge to man taught him virtue. Only those who receive knowledge through Brahma and observe Brahmacharya and other rules are called the ADO TED SPIRITUAL CHILDREN OF BRAHMA, and become automatically “Brahma Kumaris” and “Brahma Kumars”. Even though in a very general manner all are Brahma Kumars and Brahma Kumaris, yet strictly speaking, only those are right to be regarded as such adopt the good ways taught by God through the Corporeal medium of Brahma, following practice God’s knowledge and practise of Rajyoga and Karma Yoga.

    c) Thus, those who adopt this Godly knowledge, obtained through Brahma, are called by these religious names. Here, the word “Kumar” does not imply any adolescent youth or a girl, but one who observes Brahmacharya as a child naturally does and who is young or old in years, is a “Kumari” from spiritual point of view. A king’s son even though grown into manhood is a Rajkumar a Prince. So also, he who follows God-fatherly guidance and advice received through the corporeal medium of Brahma, observes continuance, is straight forward like a child and is really a student, such as one is called a “Kumar”.

     d) There are Kumars as well as Kumaris in this university. If one receives instructions in godly knowledge and easy Raja Yoga and be holly and Yogi he will also become by spiritual adoption, a spiritual child or Brahma i.e. “A Brahma Kumar”. Isn’t that all those who acquire God’s knowledge through Brahma and Practise, it come into the family of Brahma and shall be called “Brahma Kumar”.

   e) And, as woman and girls or mothers, and a sister are in large numbers than men practising it, and as this knowledge is imparted by mostly mothers and sisters to people, it is called “Brahma Kumaris University”. Builders of other faiths, e.g. Shankaracharya, gave knowledge to men, not only neglecting the uplift of women but also looking down upon them. But God does through PRAJAPITA BRAHMA uplift mothers and virgins by making them deep faith in God and have greater ability to put into practise the principles of religion besides possessing humility, tolerance and the spirit of service. Brahma’s daughter Saraswati, and another SHIVA SHAKTI have been regarded as extra-ordinary proficient. That history is repeating itself again. It can be seen that men too, insufficient numbers acquire this divine knowledge and in fact, this Godly knowledge is meant for man as well as women who live in families and are discharging their social responsibility, i.e., they belong to the PRAVRITI MARGA, though the fact still remains that more women are the means of spreading this knowledge.

    f) Nowadays, women are recognised to be better than men as teachers of children. Women bestow loving care on them and work hard. Similarly, for imparting spiritual knowledge ask about the founder of this Vidyalaya and the basis or source of knowledge given here.

   g) (i) God’s knowledge is given by God along. Men can train people to become doctors, engineers, advocates etc., but it is only God who knows how to train man to become deities, i.e., completely divinise begins. God alone can tell us about the course of the cycle of the Universe. He along knows the past, the present and the future in full and establishes the Golden Age and sustains this word world. So it is God or the knowledgeful Paramanma for any corporeal being but only for him, who is the ocean of knowledge, peace and bliss and is not subject to birth and death as other beings are. Now apply this term only to him who is the Redeemer of the sinful, is eternal Father of all souls and is Jyoti-Swarup, i.e., a self-luminous, incorporeal being. He has blessed us with the divine vision of his own self(Swarup) ; and the vision of three deities and of heaven and has also given us, in advance, the insight and Visualisation of the coming World-destruction enabled us to experience this wonderful knowledge and the mental happiness it beings. So, we say that this knowledge is based on God’s own mighty word, its source is the revelations made by God and the divine vision (Sak Shankar) blessed by God and it is corroborated by experience, practise and logic.

      g) (ii) Now, a question may arise in the mind that, the Jyoti Swarup Paramatma (God the Effulegent And Incorporeal Being) must be imparting knowledge through a corporeal medium. Who is the medium in this case? It is right in thinking that in order to divulge knowledge to people, incorporeal GOD has to adopt a corporeal medium. The human being appointed for this purpose is named or designated as “PRAJAPITA BRAHMA” because of his spiritual functions. The giver of knowledge is the refulgent Supreme Soul, Shiva, Himself who is an ocean of knowledge, but he delivers discourses of knowledge through Brahma’s mouth. Prajapita Brahma also acquires this knowledge as we do. He also tries to be elevated to the status of Shri Narayan as well all are making efforts to become deities. Shiva, who is the father of all souls and who, as Sadguru (true preceptor or spiritual guide) grants be attitude or redemption to all souls, is to us. After spiritual adoption, GOD has named him “PRAJAPITA BRAHMA” and has named us ‘BRAHMINS’ meaning, Brahma’s mouth born children or those who become holy. Anyone, who practices this divine knowledge and become pure in thought, word and did can be said to have been transferred from Shudra state to brahmin state, that is from impure to a pure way of life.

      g) iii) One can very well see that in the world as it is today, people have become unprincipled and their nations have become unrighteous and their mentality bad. All are now chained down by the vices and have become degenerated. Wickedness, sorrow and unrest are rampant. So, one should think for a while to decide if we should not consider the passing period of history to be the age of the utmost decline of Dharma-Moral, ethical and spiritual values. One can see very well, clear signs and symptoms of great destruction that shall soon engulf the world. Don’t we know of the devasting power of the stock-piled atom bombs and hydrogen bombs? Or we think that they are there only for show or that these are only playthings. Let us point out that these are not ordinary weapons. These missiles and the incendiary arrows which were used 5000 years ago as weapons of destruction and are mentioned in the Mahabharata, the well-known legend the scientist who have made these weapons are veritably present-day “Yadavas” spoken of in the Mahabharata.

   g) (iv) One can see that in Bharat, people are trying to create the conditions of chaos and anarchy by dividing and inciting the masses on the basis of difference in language, religion, politics, beliefs etc. and are thus leading the country to internecine war. Almost daily do we hear of the emergence of a new “SONA, agitation, strike? Really, all these will bring a great catastrophe and would bring about this solution and unrighteousness that prevails today, but most people are unable to understand this for the saying goes that “when destruction is at hand, people’s judgement becomes clouded and the intellect deviates from the path leading to GOD (Vinsa Kale Viparita Buddhi).

    g) (v) one should know that simultaneously with this preparation for the reestablishment, in full of DHARMA, i.e. moral and spiritual values must be going on and god must be given again, as he has done before, declared that whenever Dharma become defunct and righteousness suffer severely, he brings about the extermination of all the true Dharma. He himself comes to give us divine knowledge and teaches us easy sovereign yoga, so quite in accordance with what he has said, he comes from PARAMDHAM and descends on the body of Prajapita Brahma to bless us with Divine Knowledge. Think over this for a while. This will take some time to realise this because in order to understand this, one would first require to know who the supreme the soul is, where Paramdham is located, what the descent of god (AVTARAN) really means and what is the story of the births of PRAJAPITA BRAHMA.

    g) (vi) We are making efforts to elevate ourselves into the highest stage of purity (satopradhan avastha) and we are working together with Prajapita Brahma to re-establish the Golden Age and the World of Purity. It would be a nice thing if you yourself to the task of attaining complete purity and thus Participate in the efforts of creating the new world order.

9. “THIS INSTITUTION GIVES KNOWLEDGE REVEALED BY GOD HIMSELF”

  a) After studying this knowledge for about a week without any prejudice observing the prescribed rules during the course of study, one will himself find that this knowledge about God is correct, that with the help of this, man can see the three divisions of Time and can in an incredibly  easy manner, get in communion with him and can obtain from him the infinite source of peace and bliss, and can this, living at home among his people, overcome the vices which the sages of old held to be “Unconquerable”, then one will be able to appreciate that the giver of this knowledge is much greater than any sage or saint and that he must be none other but the omnipotent Supreme Soul who is the Redeemer of all and is the ocean of knowledge.

10. BRAHMA THE MEDIUM OF GOD FATHER SHIVA:

    In 1937 in Hyderabad, Sindh, began a unique spiritual institution Dada Lekh Raj, a well-known diamond merchant, one day received a vision. It was of Vishnu, (a Hindu God), the four-armed perfect human being. At the same time, a subtle voice spoke to him “I am the four-armed one, and you’re this also”. A short time later, Dada went to Varanashi to the house of a friend and while sitting in the gardens in meditation he had a vision of the form of the Supreme Father Shiva as light, and also of the destruction of the world by nuclear weapons (of which there was no public knowledge at that tie). Through this inspiration, he began to wind up his business and he travelled Calcutta to finish all obligations. He felt that now he had found God be no longer wanted to continue his material business. Then later one day