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Dadi Janki, leader of the Prajapita Brahmakumaris, departs for heavenly abode

ajay0

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Dadi Janki (1 Jan 1916 - 27 march 2020) was the chief administrative head of the Prajapita Brahmakumaris, the world's largest spiritual organization led, administered and taught by women and which have 9000 service centers spanning across 170 countries in the world. The Prajapita Brahmakumaris is also known as the Adi Devi Devatha Sanathana Dharma.

Dadi Janki was often considered as the lone female equivalent of the Pope or Ayatollah or Shankaracharya or Dalai Lama in a religious world overwhelmingly dominated by male leaders.

Dadi, which means 'grandmother' in Indian language, trained and prepared thousands of female spiritual teachers for decades, who are now engaged in imparting values and spiritual teachings around the world .

She has conducted lectures and seminars at various national and international events for the promotion of human values and the empowerment of women around the world .

Through her many years of work, Dadi Janki has provided guidance and support to many, counseling them in a variety of areas, including emotional and psychological problems, family relationships and substance abuse.

Her daily routine started at 3 am in the morning for meditation till 7 am. Her breakfast included oatmeal, upma and fruits followed by khichdi or vegetables in lunch and condensed soup of vegetables in dinner.

In 1978, Scientists at the Medical and Science, Research Institute at the University of Texas, USA examined the brain wave pattern of Dadi Janki. She was described as the most stable mind in the world as her mental state remained completely undisturbed despite various kinds of external stimuli being applied. It was found that she emits delta waves even at trying times, leaving examiners surprised.

(Delta brainwaves are slow, loud brainwaves- low frequency and deep penetrating, like a drum beat. They are generated in deepest meditation and dreamless sleep. Healing and regeneration are stimulated in this state.)

She attributes her equanimous mental state to Raja Yoga meditation. Sharing tips for a calm mind, she said, "We waste a lot of time criticizing others instead of focusing on ourselves."

In 2004, she was awarded Grand Cordon of the first order of Al Istiklal (the Medal of Independence) by HM King Abdullah of Jordan for her humanitarian services to the world.

In 2005, The Peace Abbey presented Dadi Janki with the 2005 Courage of Conscience Award for a lifetime dedicated to the service of humanity.

In 2019, at the age of 103, she travelled almost 72000 km in India and across the world for her services.

Upon her death, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: "Janki Dadi worked diligently for the society. Her efforts made a positive difference in the lives of many people ." The Indian president President Ram Nath Kovind stated that her contributions in the fields of spirituality, social welfare and women's empowerment had been invaluable.

Dadi Hirdaya Mohini has now taken charge as the chief administrative head of the Prajapita Brahmakumaris at present.

The Janki Foundation for promoting spirituality in Healthcare, was inspired and launched by Dadi Janki, and which advocates a healthcare model that combines the best of modern medicine with complementary approaches and spirituality. Research findings and clinical experience increasingly reveal the psychosomatic nature of disease and that spiritual factors have a significant part to play in recovery from illness.

Launched in December 1997 at the Royal College of Physicians, London, the Janki Foundation’s premise is that better understanding of these factors can benefit both patient and practitioner by promoting healing, reducing stress and staff fatigue and raising morale.

The President – About Dadi Janki

Dadi Janki has also published several books, including Companion of God, Wings of Soul, and Pearls of Wisdom.


Some wise sayings of Dadi Janki...


“Yoga is awareness, a Sadhana of human to divine consciousness. The modern system looks after just physical health, whereas the term Health, encompasses a complete mental, social, physical and spiritual well-being. Raja Yoga meditation changes the internal physiological response to environmental circumstances, thereby creating an adaptive and positive response. The power of the mind to resist disease is increased enormously as the subconscious level is healed and higher consciousness is awakened.”


“At least, put an end to the crisis within your own mind when you can’t do much about the crisis outside of you. Flexibility means converting your problems into teachers. Never lose hope, never give up — if the task is given, you will also get the power to fulfil it. Light and Might are with you as your Right from God. You can bend only when you are strong. Be like the lotus, take what is useful but do not let the dirt spoil your beauty. Sorrow makes one sick and scared, so do not take it from anyone. If you allow the negative in word, thought or form to enter you, then it is due to your weakness. Always ask what you have to do at this moment in time and not past or future.”
 
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ameyAtmA

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Namaste

Such a nice summary on Dadi Janki. It is a wonder how she held the fort for her family the Bramha Kumaris and set a life example.
I like Bramha Kumari Shivaniji - and can tell that the sanskaars have descended from the Dadis of this peaceful parivar.
 

ajay0

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A collection of 108 gems of wisdom of Dadi Janki...

Dadi Janki Quotes - A collection of 108 Quotes of Dadi Janki of Brahmakumaris | Hindu Blog

An excerpt...

When your mind creates upheaval, practice self governance. As you learn to rule your own thoughts with patience and kindness, you will better serve your aims.


Sometimes you must burrow to find the good qualities in your nature that have gone underground and then coax them to the surface. Stopping for a moment and being silent can bring the steadiness you need for this task.


Self respect is not a matter of what you are doing in your life, but rather of how you are doing it. It requires that you bring quality and virtue into each action, whatever that action maybe.

Gentleness is not lack of strength but a quality which doesn’t disturb, doesn’t push, yet knows its own power.

To be of real help without taking root in someone else’s mind requires great gentleness. See and understand without either willfully interfering or creating dependence.

Sweetness is a virtue that searches for the good in every person and situation. At its heart is the conviction that there is always something positive to be found. You simply need to have the patience to discover it.

When you notice weakness in another, aim instead to recognize a strength. The awareness that everyone has value will allow you to shift your focus.

Observing what is wrong, if done with humility, can point the way to something right.

React less, respond more. As you learn to tell your mind what to do, old ways of thinking and doing will change.

Because we understand the value of money, we take care not to waste it. If we valued time, energy and positive thoughts, we would likewise economize. The result would be a life full of meaning and purpose.

Integrity is matter of considering the consequences of every action and of never being drawn mindlessly into anything.

The ability to live according to your values, in an unwavering way, depends on how well you have understood your spiritual identity. Cultivating that inner state of dignity is the basis of spiritual power and it is this power that is most needed in the world today.

If you have honestly realized your mistake, but your mind continues to go over and over it, to no avail, consider this a sign that you are now in need of forgiving yourself.

Be merciful and forgive your own self…and with love, forget the things of the past and move forward. Then you will be able to have real feelings of mercy and love for others. This is the way to truly be of help to others.

If your companion is God, then, even if you are alone, you will never feel lonely.

Happiness will be yours whether you are with other people or not. God’s love produces a variety of such magic. It enables us to interact with love and co-operation; it makes us into sources of mutual inspiration.

With worldly love, there is sometimes the concern that this is going to interfere with one’s career or studies. But love for God only enhances your ability to perform, on all levels.

The basis of self-respect is the faith that God loves me. Through this experience, I will be able to start loving myself. By studying God’s virtues and incorporating them in my daily life, faith in my own inherent worth is enhanced.

We are living in an era when those who turn their minds within, to the inner self and to God, can truly come together, in a new way. With courage and determination, we can access and ocean of peace, love, happiness and power that transforms the way we see ourselves and others.

The process of renewal is simple. Through time, cobwebs of illusion covered our eyes; now we need to be like the spider that swallows its own web. We need to gather in the threads of our old ways of thinking and feeling, recognizing that these are no longer serving us as we had wished.

Live in such a way that love informs every action. Contentment and good feelings towards others should remain constant. With no expectations from others, there is no frustrations. Then we become free.

We thought we could find happiness outside of us, that we could live from outside to in. We succeeded up to a point, but our success eventually became self-defeating. It enabled us to dig an ever-deeper trap for ourselves. As long as our desires were satisfied, we felt encouraged to continue to look for satisfaction in an extroverted way.

This created a vicious circle. Well-being became more and more based on things outside of us, which are never stable. Consequently, insecurity and worry increased. We became trapped in a web of physical dependencies and addictions.

Then we became afraid, in case we should lose the things we had come to depend upon.

Finally, when we actually lost them, as happens sooner or later with everything physical, we suffered a lot internally.

Today, many find themselves imprisoned in worry, fear and sorrow because of such misunderstandings. It is though the things of the outer world have been allowed inside, taking a hold where they don’t belong, binding us to them and depriving us of our ability to be ourselves.

Suffering indicates the presence of misapprehensions of this kind.

Determination leaves no gap between thought and action.

Calmness and tolerance act like air conditioning in a hot room. They increase everyone’s efficiency.

When you’re shown disregard, check yourself. If you’ve done nothing wrong, and your attitude is well-meaning, understand the situation as a test of your ability to remain beyond the judgment of others.

Respect for another means offering criticism only where there is the strength to withstand it.

People will naturally start trusting you when they see you dealing with situations in a reliable and consistent way. An even more powerful way to gain the trust of other is to let them feel your trust in them.


Your thoughts create your feelings. To save yourself from useless and painful feelings, don’t think about useless or negative things.

If you want to change your behavior, focus on the thinking which causes it. Thoughts are like seeds. From them grow your attitudes and in turn, your actions.

When you build a house, every brick counts. When you build character, every thought counts. So think constructively.

When you build a house, every brick counts. When you build character, every thought counts. So think constructively.

Your thoughts create your feelings. To save yourself from useless and painful feelings, don’t think about useless or negative things.

If you want to change your behavior, focus on the thinking which causes it. Thoughts are like seeds. From them grow your attitudes and in turn, your actions.

A humble person dismisses nothing, recognizing that whatever life presents needs to be respected. Inside even the smallest things there is often enormity.

Being humble does not require you to give of yourself indiscriminately. Have the wisdom to know the value of your inner resources and to give accordingly.

Honesty is most powerful when it involves not simply speaking your mind but being true to the best that is within you.

Flexibility means being able to make problems into teachers.

Just as you should never seek to control anyone, never allow anyone to control you. As important as not giving sorrow to anyone is not taking sorrow from anyone.

Free yourself from the crisis that you create through your own negativity. There are so many external crises, you can’t even count them. There is nothing you can do about that. But the crisis you create in your own mind, according to the quality of your thoughts – at least put a stop to that.

When the mind is strong, external difficulties stay external – they do not shake me inside and rob me of my stability. The mind stays peaceful, free from sorrow and worry.

Internally, people do create many difficult situation for themselves. Arrogance, for example, makes you feel disrespect and causes you sorrow. Arrogance brings a desire for regard and respect and when you don’t receive these, you feel it to be an insult.

If I give from the heart, and don’t have arrogance, I won’t have such feelings.

If I have good virtues and my actions are good, my fortune will also be very good.

Victory is about being victorious over our own weaknesses.

Being aware of your true identity leads to enthusiasm and hope and you realize that with God as your companion victory is your destination.

Remain in the awareness of who you are and the light of the soul remains constantly lit.

Sit with God during sunrise and you will receive a great deal of love and power. With constant connection with God all becomes easy.

Make God your constant companion and then come into relationship and connection with others. You can then be truly loving.

Be the flower that shatters the stone. Do not wilt in any situation. Always be cheerful.

Real success means experiencing internal progress.

I need to be a mother to my mind, teaching it to think the right kind of thoughts. Even when everything is going well, I need to train the mind. Taking one positive thought every day and spending time with it brings good results. This training makes the mind obedient at the time of need and allows me to be positive even in the most negative situations.

When we don’t achieve success immediately, we sometimes get tempted to opt for a short cut. Although we might achieve something temporarily, in the long run it won’t be beneficial and sometimes has the opposite effect to the one we desire.

Whenever I am faced with a situation that I feel is too big for me to tackle, I need to take a step back and loot at it from a different angle. I need to have faith in my inner strength and remember that every situation has something to teach me, if I am willing to learn from it. Only when I have the faith and pushy myself to achieve will I be able to grow.

Openness to learning brings progress.

I need to keep my mind constantly open to learning in order to experience constant progress. When I have this attitude I learn from everything that happens. Then I will be able to improve in each and every task

The one who is constantly full of enthusiasm inspires others.

Whenever I encounter a difficult situation, I need to make a special effort to remain free and light. The more enthusiastic I am, the more progress I will make. My attitude will inspire others, too.

Every task is easy or the one who is able to co-operate.
 
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