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'''Virender Dev Dixit''' is a former [[Brahma Kumaris|Brahma Kumari]] adherent who went on to establish the [[Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya]] or "the Advance Party" while claiming, on the basis of the Brahma Kumari teachings, to be the current spirit [[Mediumship|medium]] for their god, and founder [[Dada Lekhraj|Lekhraj Kirpalani]].<ref name="John_Walliss_reflexive">{{cite book
| last = Walliss
| first = John
| title = The Brahma Kumaris As a Reflexive Tradition: Responding to Late Modernity
| year = 2002
| publisher = Ashgate Publishing
| isbn = 978-0-7546-0951-3
| quote = Another rendition of the University's Millenarianism [is] put forward by a group named the Advance Party. This group is made up of predominantly disaffected ex-members of the BKWSU University.
}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
| last = Robbins
| first = Thomas
| title = Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem: Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements
| year = 1997
| publisher = Routledge
| isbn = 978-0-415-91648-6
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780415916493
}}</ref><ref name="whaling">{{cite book
| last = Whaling
| first = Frank
| title = Understanding the Brahma Kumaris
| year = 2012
| publisher = Dunedin
| isbn = 978-1-903765-51-7
| pages = 81–82
| quote =
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/inside-the-spiritual-university-where-sex-is-seva/articleshow/62490380.cms | title=Inside the 'spiritual' university where sex is seva | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Himanshi Dhawan | date=14 January 2018 | accessdate=14 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/police-investigation-godman-virendra-dev-dixit-rajasthan-human-trafficking-1124306-2018-01-07 | title=Police investigation of 'Godman' Virendra Dev Dixit expands to Rajasthan | publisher=[[India Today]] | date=7 January 2018 | accessdate=14 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/hardlook-the-cult-of-self-styled-godman-virender-dev-dikshit-5015533/ | title=Hardlook: The cult of self-styled godman Virender Dev Dikshit | publisher=[[The Indian Express]] | date=8 January 2018 | accessdate=14 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/rohini-ashram-case-cbi-forms-sit-to-probe-charges-against-baba-virendra-dev-dixit/articleshow/62353350.cms | title=Rohini Ashram case: CBI forms SIT to probe charges against Baba Virendra Dev Dixit | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=3 January 2018 | accessdate=14 January 2018}}</ref>

Brahma Kumari University released this official statement:<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Brahma Kumaris |author-link=Brahma Kumaris |user=brahmakumarisHQ |number=946206592667668480 |date=28 December 2017 |title=Official statement on Baba Virendra Dev Dixit from @brahmakumarisHQ https://t.co/42qhkuQ0Hp |language=en |access-date=3 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603064708/https://twitter.com/brahmakumarishq/status/946206592667668480 |archive-date=3 June 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

''"The Brahma Kumaris organization is not responsible for the acts and conduct including any illegal activities of Virender Dev Dixit and his organization 'Adhyatmik Vishwavidalaya' or its members in the past, present or future. The claims of the members of that organization to be part of the Brahma Kumaris or calling them as Brahma Kumaris is without our permission and not endorsed by us."''

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