Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
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Research Institutions
- Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya; Université spirituelle internationale des Brahma Kumaris; Brahma Kumaris Universidad Espiritual Mundial
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Pandav Bhavan, PO Box 2, Rajasthan, 307501, Mount Abu, India
Global Cooperation House, 65-69 Pound Lane, NW10 2HH, London, UK
Global Harmony House, 46 S. Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, NY 11021, USA
Australian HQ, 78 Alt Street, Ashfield, NSW 2131, Australia
Rua Dona Germaine Burchard, 589C Bairro: Água Branca, São Paulo SP 05002-062, Brazil
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English, French, Hindi, Spanish, local and national languages also used.- Show
Aim
Help individuals re-discover and strengthen their inherent worth by encouraging and facilitating a process of spiritual awakening; encourage individuals to live by their highest values, vision and purpose.
History
Brahma Kumaris was founded in 1936 in Hyderabad, Sindh (now part of Pakistan, but at that time part of colonial India) by Dada Lekhraj, who had a series of visions depicting world transformation. In 1937, he formed a managing committee of eight young women and established an informal group that grew into the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University. The headquarters moved to Mount Abu (India), 1950.
IRD Activities
- Interfaith
For over thirty years, the Brahma Kumaris have been helping to bring people of different faiths and cultures together, believing that a deeper understanding between faiths, based on acceptance and respect, will contribute to a culture of peace and non-violence in our world community. In many countries, Brahma Kumaris representatives serve on committees of local interfaith organisations, host local activities, and play an active part on religious education advisory committees. For instance, in Dunedin, New Zealand, BKs have coordinated an annual Interfaith Week of Prayer for World Peace which includes a public service as well as a service at the University, in Adelaide, Australia, BKs regularly participate in the Multifaith Association of South Australia, in Uruguay, BKs participate in Forum Interreligious as well as in the Space of Inter-religious Dialogue at UNESCO's Montevideo Centre.
Main Focus Countries of Activities
Argentina - Armenia - Aruba - Australia - Austria - Bangladesh - Barbados - Belarus - Belgium - Benin - Bolivia - Botswana - Brazil - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cambodia - Cameroon - Canada - Chile - China - Colombia - Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Costa Rica - Croatia - Curaçao - Denmark - Dominican Republic - Ecuador - El Salvador - Estonia - Ethiopia - Fiji - Finland - France - Gambia - Germany - Ghana - Gibraltar - Greece - Grenada - Guadeloupe - Guatemala - Guinea - Guyana - Hungary - Iceland - India - Indonesia - Ireland - Israel - Italy - Ivory Coast - Jamaica - Japan - Kazakhstan - Kenya - South Korea - Latvia - Lebanon - Liberia - Lithuania - Madagascar - Malawi - Malaysia - Mali - Mauritius - Mexico - Moldova - Mongolia - Mozambique - Namibia - Nepal - Netherlands - New Zealand - Nigeria - Norway - Panama - Paraguay - Peru - Philippines - Poland - Portugal - Réunion - Romania - Russian Federation - Rwanda - Saint Kitts and Nevis - Saint Martin - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Senegal - Serbia - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - Singapore - Slovakia - South Africa - Spain - Sri Lanka - Suriname - Swaziland - Sweden - Switzerland - Tanzania - Thailand - Togo - Trinidad and Tobago - Turks and Caicos Islands - Uganda - Ukraine - UK - USA - Uruguay - Venezuela - Zambia - Zimbabwe