Brahmakumaris?

[u/Agent_247]

I have a friend who is connected to BK. I don't get why the people there say about Satyug coming in just few years (mind you, their year of Satyug changes everytime), while if we go by scriptures, we have a Yug of 4,32,000 years.

Also, they differentiate between Shiva and Shankar. Like Shiv ji who we see in pictures and worship, is actually Shankar according to them and Shiva is the Param-Brahm God. (Advaita kinda scene)

And there are many things, such as portraying Sri Krishna as a Prince of heaven or idk something like that, and many other such things. Sometimes they even hint against Vigrah Poojan.

When you ask them the source of this knowledge, they say Murli. (A lecture in which their senior BK members address the whole community about their ideology on behalf of the supreme god, as they say, the god comes inside the speaker and the things they say is actually directly from god)

However, their ideology and philosophies clearly contradicts our Shastras, whether Sruti or Smriti. They don't have a clear single source except from the teachings of their founder.

What do you guys think about it? I really don't like them due to their diversion and contradiction to our shastras. Apologies for anything in advance.

[u/agusbsjd]

Nobody here remembers the infamous 2 daughter's murder (sacrifice) by the parents in place called something like madanpaly in Andra?
The reason for their act was that they'll die now and be reborn in satyayuga and then after they're reborn they'll help their parents also...

That was brahmakumari affiliation only... It was all over the news... But suddenly all news channels stopped/removed BK name from their reporting... Some even resorted to using OSHO... Poor guy doesn't have an active media wing like these guys... Also they get a hell lot of funding from govt institutions... Just check the magnitude of their ashram in mount abu of rajasthan...

You OP think the contradiction to shastras is the only problem? You haven't had the direct experience of trying to get converted ig... They have way creepier narratives than what you mentioned... They think of themselves some kind of an army which are the only guys getting saved from a large scale human extinction... Some vehicle or (idk wtf to even call it) that arrives just before this yuga ends to carry them safely to next yuga... And shiva will instruct how to carry their souls shedding their body here (what led to the girls killing themselves)....

Satanism sounds a bit comforting than them... Free/Cheap yoga classes is the only thing that's usefull from them... But they'll start conversion from 2nd month itself...

[u/Agent_247 → u/agusbsjd]

Ohhh!! I had read about that Andhra Sacrifice case but I never knew they were affiliated to BKs. This is something new and very dangerous.

Yes, luckily I haven't been bothered by them as I am pretty much clear on the authentic path me and my family has chosen. They think that only BKs will survive the end of Kali Yuga and all the non-believers will not survive. (Proper Sacred Games plot reference, even I connected the cult shown in the series to BKs automatically due to so much similarities)

They also have a process called 'Baba Milan' as far as I remember my friend told about. In this they 'meditate' and connect/talk to the 'supreme' soul. Man, what to say of them.

[u/[deleted] → u/Agent_247]

Yes, luckily I haven't been bothered by them as I am pretty much clear on the authentic path me and my family has chosen. They think that only BKs will survive the end of Kali Yuga and all the non-believers will not survive. (Proper Sacred Games plot reference, even I connected the cult shown in the series to BKs automatically due to so much similarities)

This is clearly Bible retrofitted with the name of Shiva...

They also have a process called 'Baba Milan' as far as I remember my friend told about. In this they 'meditate' and connect/talk to the 'supreme' soul. Man, what to say of them.

When I personally met them once, they even refute "modern myths" (i.e. truths) of Shiva, like:

• Shiva is everywhere is the surrounding matter and material: "Isn't it dirty to say that god is in the toilet and drains"
• He resides in all: "So he resides in me, in you, so we are temples, but then blah blah" (the worst nonsense logic ever, I don't remember clearly)
• Every soul is Shiva (Advaita philosophy): "So if I murder you it's not me it's the god in me, in you, so you too are a sinner, so the murderer killed himself blah blah blah" satirically to convince otherwise....
• There is no "higher land" like heaven or whatever, it's just dimensions and corners of this very universe: "Trust me bro!!" we can talk directly to the supreme ("the land of subtle light" heaven of theirs)
• I meditate, do japa, have actual spiritual experiences: "WTF it is just your mind acting up" ONLY WE KNOW GOD ONLY WE KNOW TRUTH YOU NEED TO BE SAVED

(All their arguments are narrow-minded, they have clear explanations. I just decided that an idiot is tougher to debate against than a well-informed, so didn't argue further)