User:Steven Crossin/Mediation/Prem Rawat/Proposal8

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This page is for proposals related to the Divine Light Mission. User should: Add their proposed wording to a new section Not sign their section with the standard ~~~~ Not comment on other sections, this will be done at the discussion page Not change the wording of drafts, they should add a new draft with the changed wording Draft 0 Current version The Divine Light Mission (DLM) (Divya Sandesh Parishad) was an organization founded by guru Shri Hans Ji Maharaj in 1960 to organize his followers in northern India. During the 1970s DLM went on to gain some prominence in the West under the leadership of his youngest son, Guru Maharaj Ji (Prem Rawat). The movement, which some sources say was influenced by the Bhagavad Gita and the Sant Mat tradition, was, in the West, often labeled as a new religious movement, a sect or a cult. Officials of the DLM said it was not a religion. Draft 1 The Divine Light Mission (DLM) (Divya Sandesh Parishad) was an organization founded by guru Shri Hans Ji Maharaj in 1960 to organize his followers in northern India. During the 1970s DLM went on to gain some prominence in the West under the leadership of his youngest son, Guru Maharaj Ji (Prem Rawat). The movement, which some sources say was influenced by the Bhagavad Gita and the Sant Mat tradition, was, in the West, considered a new religious movement, and often labeled a sect or cult. DLM officials said the movement represented a church rather than a religion. Draft 2 The Divine Light Mission (DLM) (Divya Sandesh Parishad) was an organization founded by guru Shri Hans Ji Maharaj in 1960 to organize his followers in northern India. During the 1970s, the DLM gained prominence in the West under the leadership of his youngest son, Guru Maharaj Ji (Prem Rawat). The western movement, which some sources say was influenced by the Bhagavad Gita and the Sant Mat tradition, was categorised as a New Religious Movement, but was also labeled a sect or a cult. DLM officials said the movement represented a church rather than a religion. Draft 3 The Divine Light Mission (DLM) (Divya Sandesh Parishad) was an organization founded by guru Shri Hans Ji Maharaj in 1960 to organize his followers in northern India. During the 1970s, the DLM gained prominence in the West under the leadership of his youngest son, Guru Maharaj Ji (Prem Rawat). The western movement, which some sources say was influenced by the Bhagavad Gita and the Sant Mat tradition, was categorized in numerous and sometimes conflicting terms such as a new religious movement, a cult, a charismatic religious sect, and an alternative religion or spin-off from other traditional religions. DLM officials said the movement represented a church rather than a religion. Draft 4 The Divine Light Mission (DLM) (Divya Sandesh Parishad) was an organization founded by guru Shri Hans Ji Maharaj in 1960 to organize his followers in northern India. During the 1970s, the DLM gained prominence in the west under the leadership of his youngest son, Guru Maharaj Ji (Prem Rawat). Scholars noted the influence of the Bhagavad Gita and the Sant Mat tradition, but the western movement was popularly 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. References