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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 51. Chapters: Channelled entities, Channelled texts, Channellers, The Book of the Law, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, J. Z. Knight, Oahspe: A New Bible, Mediumship, A Course in Miracles, Jane Roberts, Heung Jin Moon, Danielle Egnew, Eileen Caddy, Geoffrey Hoppe, Seth Material, Conversations with God, Vaimanika Shastra, Esther Hicks, Dada Lekhraj, Neale Donald Walsch, Great Gospel of John, Brahma Kumaris Beliefs, Ashtar, Stewart Edward White, Rosemary Brown, Aiwass, Barbara Brennan, Rene Gaudette, List of modern channelled texts, Automatic writing, Lee Carroll, Darryl Anka, Dr. Fritz, Ormond McGill, The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts, Mount Osore, Pranava-Vada of Gargyayana. Excerpt: Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (BKWSU) or Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya is a monastic, renunciate Millenarian new religious movement (NRM) of Indian origin. It teaches a form of meditation adherents called Raja Yoga, but which differs from the classical Raja Yoga described by Patanjali. A neo-Hindu religious movement, the Brahma Kumaris (Hindi: , pron. , abbrv. BK) pre-date the New Age movement but have developed characteristics that link them to its thinking.. It advocates a lifestyle which includes a vegetarian diet, celibacy, and avoidance of alcohol, drugs and tobacco. Historically, the Brahma Kumaris have not been without controversy and a range of accusations against them have been made - see the section on controversies below for details. The controversies have involved researchers, previous members, government agency reports and the press. The origin of BKWSU can be traced to the group "Om Mandali", founded by Lekhraj Kripalani (1876-1969) in Hyderabad, Sindh in the 1930s. Lekhraj Kripalani, known as "Dada Lekhraj" and later known as "Brahma Baba" to his followers, was a Diamond merchant and follower of the Vaishnavite Vallabhacharya Sect. Dada Lekhraj (Brahma Baba) retired from his business with assets of 1,000,000 Indian rupees to turn to spirituality. Their original spiritual knowledge was obtained though "divine revelations" and "divine visions" by sisters who channeled messages, and included "detailed knowledge ... on the basic concepts of soul, God, World, Time, Space, Karma, Mukti, Jeevanmukti, Heaven, Hell, Creation, Sustenance, Destruction, various Yugas, Maya and its various forms, the true kind of Yoga-Meditation, the divine virtues and the methodology to practise them." Lekhraj started holding satsangs which attracted many people and the group became known as Om Mandali. In 1937, he named some of his followers to a managing committee, then reportedly transferred his fortune to the committee. Several women joined O