Difference between revisions of "Murli"

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From Hindi word for flute, the BK Murlis are the closest thing to scripture within the BK religion. The are considered to be the words of God, i.e. Shiva, as spoken through the medium of Brahma Baba. All the primary BK teachings come from the Murlis. The BK Murlis, especially Sakar Murlis are not widely available to the public. One must go to a BK center to hear them spoken or to read a copy. BK "students" hear a Murli every morning at around 6.30 am.

Varieties of Murli

There are two varieties of Murli:

• "Sakkar" i.e. corporeal - these were spoken by Dada Lekhraj/Brahma Baba every morning until his death in 1969. Nowadays the BKs edit and recycle the last 5 years of these Murlis, listening to them Monday through to Saturday every week.
• "Avyakt" i.e. subtle - these have been spoken since 1969 by Brahma Baba through the medium of channel of BK Gulzar - only a few of these are now spoken each year. BKs also recycle these and hear them every Sunday. New Avyakt Murlis are broadcast live from Madhuban, via secure private channels, over the internet to BKs worldwide and are heard live by up to 25,000 people in person at the gatherings in Madhuban. See also Avyakt BapDada.

Controversies

Controversy exist over how much of the Murlis are Shiva speaking and how much are Dada Lekhraj or Brahma speaking. Internally, a wide variety of opinions being held. Institutionally, the Seniors have invariably avoided this debate by accepting Brahma Baba's words to be equal to God Shiva'. They call the two in "combined form" BapDadaand engage in editing out, or considerably changing, controversial sections, including; dates, specific numeric references and the more politically incorrect contents, e.g. relating to race, color or religion.

Re-editing

The orthodox view is that all of the Murlis are "God's" unquestionable" Word". However, simple syntax and numerous references suggests otherwise and it would appear that medium Dada Lekhraj/Brahma Baba has some degree of input and expression or that the channelled being relies on Dada Lekhraj/Brahma Baba's sanskars to express itself. This would explain how and why "God" speaks Hindi and has such a Hindu leaning. The BKWSU was instructed to revise these teachings after the death of Dada Lekhraj/Brahma Baba. However, revise has been taken to mean re-edit and, unfortunately, due to extensive nature of these edits and secrecy about the early teachings, it is becoming increasing difficult study them in their original state.

Internet Access

On the internet, the BKWSU choses to limit access to "God's Word" by a system of password protection, extensive PGP encryption and other systems. Emailing Murlis to others where it can be easily copied is considered bad form and new technologies are being brought in to increase security.

PBKs

BKWSU offshoot, the Prajapita Brahma Kumaris, or PBKs, also value and study both Sakkar and Avyakt Murlis, as well additional teachings, or Murlis, through their own alleged medium Veerendra Dev Dixit but are refused copies by the BKWSU and have to rely on anonymous and supportative sources within the BKWSU. Known PBKs being barred from BK centers. In addition, their medium also produces new Murlis, or clarifications, of the old Murlis which are distributed freely and widely.

• For open, independent, public access to example Murlis see the category links below ;