Knowra Brahma Kumaris Brahma Kumaris Brahma Kumaris is a spiritual movement founded in India in the 1930s. It teaches Raja Yoga meditation, celibacy, and belief in an incorporeal supreme soul.
Raja Yoga : A form of meditation centered on directing attention and cultivating spiritual awareness. The movement uses this meditation practice to describe connection between the soul and God.
Lekhraj Kripalani : An Indian businessman who founded the movement after reporting spiritual visions in the 1930s. His visions and teachings initiated the community later known as Brahma Kumaris.
Brahma Kumaris meditation : A practice of silent, open-eyed meditation that focuses on the self as a soul and on God. It is the movement’s central method for cultivating spiritual connection and self-awareness.
Brahmo Samaj : A Hindu reform movement founded in Bengal in 1828 that emphasizes monotheism and religious reform. Both movements teach a supreme God, but differ in origins, theology, and institutional history.
New religious movement : A religious group or movement that developed relatively recently in relation to established traditions. Brahma Kumaris is commonly studied within this broader category of modern religious communities.
Atman : In Indian religious thought, the self or soul, understood differently across traditions. Brahma Kumaris teachings identify each person as an eternal soul distinct from the body.
Om Mandali : The early community founded by Lekhraj Kripalani in Hyderabad, Sindh, in the 1930s. It was the movement’s original organization before its later name and structure.
Celibacy : The practice of abstaining from sexual activity, whether as a personal choice or religious discipline. The movement teaches celibacy as part of its spiritual discipline and household life.
Art of Living Foundation : A global spiritual and humanitarian organization founded by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in 1981. It offers a prominent Indian meditation movement with different practices and less emphasis on celibacy.
Religious conversion : A change in a person’s religious identity, affiliation, or convictions. Joining the movement can involve adopting its distinctive spiritual identity and disciplines.
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