Spirituality of exercising students of Lithuanian sports university (LSU)

Object of the study: expression of exercising students, boys and girls, of the Lithuanian sports university (LSU). Problem of the study: Expression of spirituality of the students of the Lithuanian Sports University and the possibilities of its assessment. Aim of the study: to examine the expression of spirituality of exercising students of the Lithuanian sports university (LSU). The following tasks were raised for reaching the aim: to explore the expression of spirituality of exercising students of the Lithuanian sports university (LSU) according to the purpose of the studies; to explore the expression of spirituality of exercising students of the Lithuanian sports university (LSU) in the aspect of gender. The study raises the hypothesis that the expression of spirituality of exercising students, boys and girls, of the Lithuanian Sports University (LSU) differs. The study revealed that everyday spiritual experience of exercising students is greater for the students having smaller study experience as they feel the presence of God more often, they experience the relation with God, also find strength in their belief and spirituality. Students, having smaller study experience, find comfort in their belief and spirituality, and feel selflessness when taking care of others. Students, having greater study experience, more often feel that God loves them and that they are raised spiritually by the things created by God. They would like to be closer to God or to connect with it. With reference to the gender of respondents, casual spiritual experience of exercising students distributed in equal parts. Both men and women feel the presence of God. It was determined that the rate of spiritual experience, according to the selected questions related to other religions, was greater with the students having greater study experience. With reference to the gender of respondents, men had a greater rate of spiritual experience