Virender Dev Dixit
Virender Dev Dixit is a former Brahma Kumari adherent who went on to establish the Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya or "the Advance Party" while claiming, on the basis of the Brahma Kumari teachings, to be the current spirit medium for their god, and founder Lekhraj Kirpalani.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Brahma Kumari University released this official statement:[8]
"The Brahma Kumaris organization is not responsible for the acts and conduct including any illegal activities of Virender Dev Dixit and his organization 'Adhyatmik Vishwavidalaya' or its members in the past, present or future. The claims of the members of that organization to be part of the Brahma Kumaris or calling them as Brahma Kumaris is without our permission and not endorsed by us."
References
[edit]- ^ Walliss, John (2002). The Brahma Kumaris As a Reflexive Tradition: Responding to Late Modernity. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7546-0951-3.
Another rendition of the University's Millenarianism [is] put forward by a group named the Advance Party. This group is made up of predominantly disaffected ex-members of the BKWSU University.
- ^ Robbins, Thomas (1997). Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem: Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-91648-6.
- ^ Whaling, Frank (2012). Understanding the Brahma Kumaris. Dunedin. pp. 81–82. ISBN 978-1-903765-51-7.
- ^ "Inside the 'spiritual' university where sex is seva". Himanshi Dhawan. The Times of India. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ "Police investigation of 'Godman' Virendra Dev Dixit expands to Rajasthan". India Today. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ "Hardlook: The cult of self-styled godman Virender Dev Dikshit". The Indian Express. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ "Rohini Ashram case: CBI forms SIT to probe charges against Baba Virendra Dev Dixit". The Times of India. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ Brahma Kumaris [@brahmakumarisHQ] (28 December 2017). "Official statement on Baba Virendra Dev Dixit from @brahmakumarisHQ https://t.co/42qhkuQ0Hp" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022 – via Twitter.