I think it is always worth keeping in mind that 'Prajapati Brahma' and 'Prajapita Brahma' are used in a fairly indiscriminate manner through the Anglicisation of Hinduism to mean the same thing, in the same way that Brahmin and Brahman are. This is not to say that they are the same thing, and it is still for the BKWSU to clarify and elaborate on the changes, but in a case like George D. Chryssides above, I would say it is just a spelling mistake.
In my opinion, the academics tend not to separate the BKs as far from Hinduism as they ought be. All them, even including the BK ones like Stephan Nagel, use Adi Dev as the source of their "facts" and it uses Prajapita. No one academic has, until now, questioned the missing 20 years. Nor have they picked up on the cover ups over the historical revision. 20 years is a huge period of time to venerate one man, Lekhraj Kirpalani, as a living god ... and for one man to accept himself venerated as a god.
Arjun, may I ask again what is the word "God" used for Lekhraj Kirpalani in the Hindi version of the 1940s letters? Is it Paramatma, as in "Paramatma Prajapaita Brahma"?
uddhava quoted not wrote:- I am the Blissful self, I am Shiva, I am Shiva.
I am the Knowledgeful self, I am Shiva, I am Shiva.
I am the Luminous self, I am Shiva, I am Shiva.
Personally, I think Jagdish Chander made all that stuff up taking quotes and visions taken from classical Hinduism to fluff the whole thing up. I do not know who else was involved. I would like to know. They make it into something it never was and fool the double foreigners with it. Chander was not even around in the early days and so it would all be taken second hand! Does it not come from Adi Shankaracarya or someone similar?
Am I wrong, or have the BKWSU changed their video of the 'red-eyed Lekhraj Kirpalani' episode, as per your user image, into one that shows his body just shimmering instead? Jagdish Chander has done for the Brahma Kumaris what St Paul did for Christianity.
- I am not mind, nor intellect, nor ego, nor the reflections of inner self.
I am not the five senses.
I am beyond that.
I am not the ether, nor the earth, nor the fire, nor the wind.
I am indeed, that eternal knowing and bliss, Shiva, love and pure consciousness.
(There are more versus to come if you Google the original)
Adi Shankaracarya wrote:Mano Buddhi Ahankara Chitta Ninaham
Nacha Shrotra Jihve Na Cha Ghrana Netre
Nacha Vyoma Bhoomir Na Tejo Na Vayu
Chitananda Rupa Shivoham Shivoham