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The Divine Light Mission (Divya Sandesh Parishad; DLM) was an organization founded in 1960 by guru Hans Ji Maharaj for his following in northern India. During the 1970s, the DLM gained prominence in the West under the leadership of his fourth and youngest son (Prem Rawat). Some scholars noted the influence of the Bhagavad Gita and the Radha Soami tradition, a.k.a. Sant Mat movement, but the western movement was widely seen as a new religious movement, a cult, a charismatic religious sect or an alternative religion. DLM officials said the movement represented a church rather than a religion.

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  • The Divine Light Mission (Divya Sandesh Parishad; DLM) was an organization founded in 1960 by guru Hans Ji Maharaj for his following in northern India. During the 1970s, the DLM gained prominence in the West under the leadership of his fourth and youngest son (Prem Rawat). Some scholars noted the influence of the Bhagavad Gita and the Radha Soami tradition, a.k.a. Sant Mat movement, but the western movement was widely seen as a new religious movement, a cult, a charismatic religious sect or an alternative religion. DLM officials said the movement represented a church rather than a religion. When Shri Hans Ji Maharaj died in 1966, he was succeeded as guru by Prem Rawat, then just eight years old, despite rival claims from other family members. Although Prem Rawat was accepted as his father's successor, because of his age his family retained effective control of the DLM. In 1971, Rawat defied his mother by travelling to the UK and the US, where local branches of DLM were established and rapidly expanded. By 1973, DLM had over a million followers in India and tens of thousands of followers in the West, along with dozens of ashrams and hundreds of centers. As Rawat grew older, he began to take a more active role in the movement and, when he turned sixteen, following the financially disastrous Millennium '73 festival, he took administrative control of the US branch. His increasing independence and his marriage to a non-Indian in 1974, caused a permanent rift with his mother and two of his brothers, Satpal Ji Maharaj and Bhole Ji Maharaj. They returned to India, where his eldest brother Satpal Maharaj took over the control of the Indian DLM. In the early 1980s, Rawat began disbanding the western DLM. He closed the ashrams and eliminated the remaining Indian influences from his presentation to make it independent of any specific culture or religion. In the US, UK, France and Australia, Elan Vital was formed to replace the DLM in supporting Rawat in his role as teacher. (en)
  • De Divine Light Mission (DLM), (Hindi: Divya Sandesh Parishad), of Missie van het Goddelijk Licht, was een nieuwe religieuze beweging gesticht door in 1960 in India en geregistreerd te Patna. Zijn jongste zoon, (geb. 1957) volgde zijn vader op en werd de zeer jonge goeroe onder de naam Guru Maharaj ji van de beweging toen zijn vader stierf in 1966. Dit was een breuk in de Hindoegewoonte van eerstgeboorterecht. In 1974 raakte Prem Rawat in conflict met zijn moeder mede door zijn levensstijl en zijn huwelijk met de Amerikaanse stewardess Marolyn Johnson. Zij hield zijn gedrag voor verwesterd en niet in overeenstemming met de Hindoetradities. Zij onterfde hem en probeerde door middel van juridische procedures het leiderschap van de DLM te geven aan haar oudste zoon, Satpal. De uitkomst van de rechtszaken was dat Prem Rawat de leiding kreeg van de DLM buiten India en de oudste zoon, Satpal, die binnen India. De hierna volgende informatie behandelt uitsluitend het niet-Indiase deel van de DLM, geïnspireerd of geleid door Prem Rawat. (nl)
  • Divine Light Mission, czyli Misja Boskiej Światłości – to ruch religijny o inspiracji orientalnej, którego celem jest dążenie do poznania Boga przez stosowanie technik duchowych. (pl)
  • Divine Light Mission, nyandlig rörelse, grundad av Shri Hans Ji Maharaj i Indien på 1920-talet, med filosofiskt budskap och som baserades på modern mediateknik. 1970 inledde DLM mission i Europa och Amerika och fick snabb spridning genom grundarens son, tonårsgurun Maharaj Ji numera känd som Prem Rawat, född 1957. Efter omorganisation av dess ledare Prem Rawat upplöstes Divine Light Mission-rörelsen på 1980-talet och ersattes av rörelsen Elan Vital, en ny verksamhetsform också under Prem Rawat ledning. (sv)
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  • Divine Light Mission, czyli Misja Boskiej Światłości – to ruch religijny o inspiracji orientalnej, którego celem jest dążenie do poznania Boga przez stosowanie technik duchowych. (pl)
  • Divine Light Mission, nyandlig rörelse, grundad av Shri Hans Ji Maharaj i Indien på 1920-talet, med filosofiskt budskap och som baserades på modern mediateknik. 1970 inledde DLM mission i Europa och Amerika och fick snabb spridning genom grundarens son, tonårsgurun Maharaj Ji numera känd som Prem Rawat, född 1957. Efter omorganisation av dess ledare Prem Rawat upplöstes Divine Light Mission-rörelsen på 1980-talet och ersattes av rörelsen Elan Vital, en ny verksamhetsform också under Prem Rawat ledning. (sv)
  • The Divine Light Mission (Divya Sandesh Parishad; DLM) was an organization founded in 1960 by guru Hans Ji Maharaj for his following in northern India. During the 1970s, the DLM gained prominence in the West under the leadership of his fourth and youngest son (Prem Rawat). Some scholars noted the influence of the Bhagavad Gita and the Radha Soami tradition, a.k.a. Sant Mat movement, but the western movement was widely seen as a new religious movement, a cult, a charismatic religious sect or an alternative religion. DLM officials said the movement represented a church rather than a religion. (en)
  • De Divine Light Mission (DLM), (Hindi: Divya Sandesh Parishad), of Missie van het Goddelijk Licht, was een nieuwe religieuze beweging gesticht door in 1960 in India en geregistreerd te Patna. Zijn jongste zoon, (geb. 1957) volgde zijn vader op en werd de zeer jonge goeroe onder de naam Guru Maharaj ji van de beweging toen zijn vader stierf in 1966. Dit was een breuk in de Hindoegewoonte van eerstgeboorterecht. In 1974 raakte Prem Rawat in conflict met zijn moeder mede door zijn levensstijl en zijn huwelijk met de Amerikaanse stewardess Marolyn Johnson. Zij hield zijn gedrag voor verwesterd en niet in overeenstemming met de Hindoetradities. Zij onterfde hem en probeerde door middel van juridische procedures het leiderschap van de DLM te geven aan haar oudste zoon, Satpal. De uitkomst van (nl)
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  • Divine Light Mission (en)
  • Divine Light Mission (nl)
  • Divine Light Mission (pl)
  • Divine Light Mission (sv)
  • Місія Божественного Світла (uk)
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