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BRAHMA KUMARIS WORLD SPIRITUAL UNIVERSITY

A University for the World

As an international university with around 5,000 branches in over 80 countries, the Brahma Kumaris offer people of all backgrounds an opportunity to learn meditation and deepen their understanding of universal principles and innate values through a variety of educational programmes, courses and learning resources.

As a worldwide family of individuals from all walks of life, the University provides a caring, co-operative and supportive environment which encourages individuals to bring out the best in themselves.

As a global organisation which co-ordinates international and community projects, the University has created opportunities for people in 129 countries to participate in a variety of initiatives aimed at creating a better world where people live in peace and harmony. It holds consultative status to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

Learning for Life

The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University recognises the intrinsic spirituality and goodness of every human being and helps people to rediscover that goodness within themselves, encouraging and facilitating the development of spiritual awareness, attitudes, behaviours and skills through a process of lifelong learning.

Recognising the importance of understanding the wider context of human existence, the University’s core curriculum addresses the spiritual significance of religious and cultural traditions and explores such themes as life after death, our relationship with God and the purpose of life. The University organises and participates in dialogues across a wide spectrum of issues promoting peace and understanding in many local and global fora.

The Spiritual Dimension

Above all, the University emphasises the benefits of moral and spiritual approaches to life, enabling people to develop attitudes and behaviours which stem from shared core values and understanding. Inspired by the vision of the future while strengthening individual awareness of the dignity and worth inherent in every human being.

BKWSU: Their Work in Places of Detention

Founded in India in the 1930's, the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University is known both for its grass roots work in spiritual education and service within the community. The University is also widely recognised for its role as a convenor of International projects and dialogues which focus on the spiritual dimension of the many current social, environmental, economic and political challenges which are now global in scale.

The University works with prison staff and with offender management personnel providing value-based courses, workshops and seminars for prison personnel on such themes as: Stress Management, Positive Living, Self Management Leadership and Meditation. These forums are designed to empower individuals to be better able to cope with and overcome difficult circumstances and make a positive contribution to prison life.

We also provide speakers for conferences, seminars, workshops and public meetings on themes related to personal development. In addition, concerts and workshops are run in prisons for staff and prisoners, creating a shared experience of peace, harmony and appreciation through the medium of the arts.

Extensive educational programmes are also offered to prison inmates so enabling them to re-evaluate their approach to life and make meaningful and positive changes.

Since 1984, the BKWSU has worked with prisoners in more than twenty-five prisons and with staff from more than sixty establishments in the UK.

The Brahma Kumaris work in prisons on every continent. Such has been the international acceptance of the work of the University that, in some prisons, permanent meditation facilities have been established and in Mauritius, Positive Thinking has been incorporated into the training programme at the Prison Officers Training School.

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