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Broken Arrow Public Schools (BAPS) is a public school district in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. It was established in 1904. The district resides in an urban-suburban community with nearby agricultural areas and a growing business and industrial base. Serving more than 20,000 students, BAPS has four early childhood centers (Pre-K), 16 elementary ...
The BAPS concurs that Akshar is the divine abode of Purushottam and "an eternally existing spiritual reality having two forms, the impersonal and the personal." [8] [89] [90]: 158 Followers of BAPS identify various scriptures and documented statements of Swaminarayan as supporting this understanding of Akshar within the Akshar-Purushottam Upasana.
The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, which is headed by Mahant Swami Maharaj, is a denomination of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya within Hinduism. The mandir is located in the Chicago suburb of Bartlett and opened on August 7, 2004. It was built of hand-carved Italian marble and Turkish limestone. [1] The mandir is the largest of its kind in Illinois ...
Swaminarayan and Gunatitanand Swami at a Baps Temple. Akshar-Purushottam Darshan (Akṣara-Puruṣottama Darśana [web 1]) or Aksarabrahma-Parabrahma-Darsanam, [1] "Akshar-Purushottam philosophy," is a designation used by BAPS as an alternative name for the Swaminarayan Darshana, Swaminarayan's view or teachings, to distinguish it from other Vedanta-traditions.
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BAPS Charities (formerly BAPS Care International) is an international, religious, charitable organization that originates from the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) with a focus on serving society. [1] This focus on service to society is stated in the organization's vision, that "every individual deserves the right to ...
Mahant Swami Maharaj (born Vinu Patel, 13 September 1933; [3] ordained Keshavjivandas Swami) is the present guru and president of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a major branch of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya, a Hindu denomination. [4][5][6]: 157 BAPS regards him as the sixth spiritual successor of Swaminarayan ...
The BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham is a Hindu mandir (temple) built by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha in Robbinsville, New Jersey. It is the largest Hindu mandir in the United States and the second-largest Hindu mandir in the world, rising 213 ft (65 m) above ground.