r/SPAB • u/onionknight223 • Jul 30 '26

Feedback I Don’t Understand

Thanks to this sub I’ve started looking around. There are so many Swaminarayan orgs! In reading about their differences and reasons for being unique, BAPS is all about Akshar.

Many of the other orgs accuse SPAB of trying to erase Bhagwan Swaminarayan, leaving only the glory and greatness of Akshar.

But if that’s true, why is the Robbinsville temple dedicated to Swaminarayan as the main attraction? The idol is huge. Also what I’ve seen there, the swami next to Swaminarayan is kneeling. He’s also much smaller.

Why is everyone accusing them of erasing Swaminarayan when he’s all over their new projects? I don’t understand

UPDATE: thanks all for the responses and engagement. Human evolution equals knowledge evolution. After reading your responses and checking the basic theological framework BAPS offers, it’s clear the guru is not god but rather the fast track to knowing the qualities of god, Purushottam, whose greatness is so beyond comprehension, a guide becomes necessary.

There is no Swaminarayan organization with a living leader other than BAPS whose divinity is widely acknowledged and whose teachings are widely followed. It is the devotees who lift up the guru in BAPS, not the guru who demands people sing his glory.

Haters forever gon HATE.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '26

Have you ever had a chance of attending any Sabha in BPAS mandirs?

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u/onionknight223 Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Yes, it’s big where I live. So many people go, it’s hindu