Gunatitanand Swami
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Gunatitanand Swami (October 17, 1785- October 11, 1867) was a saint of the Swaminarayan Sampraday. Known as Aksharbrahm, Gunatitanand Swami was a prominent saint who gave valuable contribution for spreading of the Swaminarayan Sampraday.
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Named Mulji as a child, Gunatitanand Swami was born in Bhadra, Gujarat. It is said that from his childhood days he had divine vision and he could see with his inner eyes, what Ghanshyam Maharaj (Bhagwan Swaminarayan) was doing in his childhood at Chhapaiya, far away in Uttar Pradesh. Further, it is also said that he could see the thread ceremony of Ghanshyam Maharaj on the very day and he described the same to his family.
In Dabhan, during the great sacrificial charity Gunatitanand Swami was given diksha by lord Swaminarayan. Later on, he was appointed the head of the Junagadh Temple where he spent about 40 years propagating satsang in that region. Even at that stature, he used to render services for all temple activities, including cleaning and assisting construction work of the temple. Though he was uneducated he used to give preaching for hours on high philosophy in a very simple, practical and impressive way, spellbound the masses. The book Swami ni Vato was written by him and includes his preachings.
In Vikram Samvat 1923 he desired to leave this mundane world, in Gondal. It was there that he left his corporeal body, independently, sitting in Padmasan pose ,after announcing in advance.
Gunatitanand Swami was also one of Bhagwan Swaminarayan's 500 paramahansas.
Members of BAPS believe that Gunatitanand Swami was the spiritual heir of Bhagwan Swaminarayan.
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