Murli

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's, calling the two in "combined form" BapDada, while editing out or changing controversial sections including; dates, specific numeric references and, latterly, 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 various suggests otherwise and would appear that Dada Lekhraj/Brahma Baba has some degree of input and expression, or that the channelled being relies on Dada Lekhraj/Brahma Baba sanskars to express itself. This would explain how and why "God" 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 these teachings, it is becoming increasing difficult study them in their original state.

Internet Access

On the internet, the BKWSU choses to limit access to the Murlis, or God's Word, by a system of password protection, PGP encryption and other systems. Emailing Murlis to others is considered bad form.

PBKs

BKWSU offshoot, the Prajapita Brahma Kumaris, or PBKs, also 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. In addition, their medium also produces new Murlis, or clarifications of the old Murlis.

• For open, independent, public access see category links below.