Legacy Gunatitanand Swami



the murtis of purushottam paramatma bhagwan swaminarayan (left) , aksharbrahman gunatitanand swami (right) worshipped akshar purushottam maharaj @ baps shri swaminarayan mandir, bochasan, gujarat.


gunatitanand swami instrumental in administration of swaminarayan fellowship after death of swaminarayan. devotees , sadhus alike looked him leadership , direction. encouraged raghuvirji maharaj give pomp , splendor of position , nurtured both spiritual , administrative traits. however, gunatitanand swami’s important contributions in propagation of spiritual metaphysics revealed swaminarayan. williams explains “gunatitanand swami established line of spiritual authorities…who have continued in line of succession gunatitanand swami” himself. while identification of akshar having both personal , impersonal form, , incarnation on earth specified swaminarayan in vachanamruts gadhada i-21 , gadhada i-71 not accepted sections of swaminarayan sampraday, principle lead eventual formation of baps branch of swaminarayan sampraday. similar swaminarayan before him, gunatitanand swami instituted various social projects, building wells , educating villagers establishing guidelines social behavior , preventing practices such sati , infanticide. in hitherto unheard of practice, installed bhagatji maharaj, common householder of so-called lower caste, spiritual successor , transcended caste system prevalent during time in india. inspired teachings of swaminarayan , gunatitanand swami, shastriji maharaj reluctantly left vartal diocese due differences in philosophy form baps separate entity , later expelled vartal diocese after hastily called meeting of temple trustees.


gunatitanand swami’s murti seen in central shrine alongside swaminarayan in baps mandirs, embody central principle of akshar , purushottam.








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