Who are we?
Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya
About the organisation
Brahma Kumaris is a worldwide spiritual movement dedicated to personal transformation and world renewal, Founded in 1936 in Hyderabad, Sindh (Present Pakistan) by Prajapita Brahma Baba. Brahma Kumaris has spread to over 137 countries on all continents and has had an extensive impact in many sectors as an international NGO. However, their real commitment is to helping individuals transform their perspective of the world from material to spiritual. It supports the cultivation of a deep collective consciousness of peace and of the individual dignity of each soul.
In 1950, The spiritual headquarters of Brahma Kumaris shifted from Pakistan (Karachi) to India, to the beautiful Aravali Ranges of Mountains (Mount Abu) in Rajasthan. While activities of international interest are coordinated regionally from offices in London, Moscow, Nairobi, New York and Sydney. At a national level, activities are generally coordinated by local people in alignment with the spiritual principles of Brahma Kumaris, working in accordance with the laws of the land.
After the ascension of Prajapita Brahma to the subtle world in 1969, Rajyogini Dadi Prakashmani Ji was appointed the Administrative Head of the Institution.
Later Rajyogini Dadi Janki Ji, who had played the pivotal role in spreading the Godly Message in almost all the countries of the world, became the Administrative Head in 2007, when Rajyogini Dadi Prakashmani Ji left her mortal coil. Even at the age of 102, she is tirelessly and successfully leading this global institution.
Brahma Kumaris is the largest spiritual organisation in the world led by women. It was the founder, Prajapita Brahma Baba, who chose to put women in front from the very beginning, and it has set Brahma Kumaris head and shoulders above others on the stage of world’s religions and spiritual organisations.
Key Features
Believes in the basic goodness of every human being
One of the major founding factors of the Brahma Kumaris is that it believes in the basic goodness of every human being. The divine spark that lights up in every member of this godly family is the consciousness of being an incorporeal identity that manifests itself in a body and yet the body is not its integral identity.
Believes in Spiritual Brotherhood
Brahma Kumaris believe in the ‘spiritual brotherhood of mankind & they practice this ideology in their daily life by being in a state of soul-consciousness. Since we believe that the Supreme Soul is the Father of all human souls, as such we are all children of the same God and brothers and sisters that make us a global spiritual family of its own kind.
All Services are Free of Cost
Being ‘One World Family’, the organization undertakes to open its doors to one and all. So the facilities at the Brahma Kumaris have no ‘price-tag’ and its courses of spiritual learning are free of cost. It does not seek any public funding or grants but it supports itself entirely by voluntary contributions made by its own regular members.
Woman Leadership
The Brahma Kumaris is the only spiritual organization, that is solely run by women. And that has been done not for a year or a decade but for more than 80 years and it has strengthened its system of governance and administration with women at the helm of all its affairs. No doubt, brothers are always there and are given a place of respect.
Believes in World change through Self-change
The governing ideal of this organization is ‘World change through Self-change’. Naturally when we change the world changes. By working on this basic principle Brahma Kumaris practice a spiritual lifestyle that nurtures the purity of body, mind and soul and relationships based on a detached but loving and caring temperament.
Aims at the development of inherent virtuous goodness
Human and social values and spiritual virtues are the thread that binds the whole universe of human existence across the world and over many lives. Hence the Brahma Kumaris represent a segment of civil society that aims at the development of inherent virtuous goodness to herald the Angelic Living of the Golden Era of human existence in this universe.