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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 ).
The Divine Light Mission (Divya Sandesh Parishad; DLM) was an organization founded in 1960 by guru Hans Rawat 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.
Guru Maharaj Ji, born Mohammed Ajirobatan Ibrahim on December 20, 1947, [1] is a Nigerian spiritual leader. He lives in Ibadan. [1] He has declared himself to be a Living Perfect Master, Guru Maharaj Ji, [1] and is also called the "Black Jesus". [2] He says that he has power over all illnesses and all problems affecting humanity. [1]
Sacred Journeys: The Conversion of Young Americans to Divine Light Mission is a sociological book about the adherents of the Divine Light Mission in the 1970s. [1] In the work, author James V. Downton, Jr. analyzes a sample group of young Americans, and their conversion process to the ideals of the Divine Light Mission and their relationship with Guru Maharaj Ji, currently known as Prem Rawat.
Guru Maharaj Ji and the Divine Light Mission: The New Religious Consciousness by Charles Y. Glock and Robert N. Bellah (eds.), University of California Press: U.S., Berkeley, California: pp. 52–72 [75] [76] 1977–1980s: Magazine (quarterly) Élan Vital: Divine Light Mission: U.S. ISSN 0195-2145 [77] October 19, 1977: Article (newspaper)
Lord of the Universe is a 1974 American documentary film about Prem Rawat (at the time known as Guru Maharaj Ji) at an event in November 1973 at the Houston Astrodome called "Millennium '73". Lord of the Universe was first broadcast on PBS on February 2, 1974, and released in VHS format on November 1, 1991.
The "Divine Light Mission" in the United States changed its name to Elan Vital in 1983, by filing an entity name change. [1] According to the Encyclopedia of American Religions, the mission was disbanded [when] Prem Rawat personally renounced the trappings of Indian culture and religion, to make his teachings independent of culture, beliefs and ...
The 2000 book Pluralism Comes of Age: Religion in Twentieth-century America, by Lippy, cites Cameron's Who is Guru Maharaj Ji? for information regarding Maharaj Ji and the Divine Light Mission, along with James V. Downton's Sacred Journeys: The Conversion of Young Americans to Divine Light Mission, and Maharaj Ji's own book of quotations, The Living Master. [7]