Shastriji Maharaj

Through BAPS charities, it also runs disaster relief, blood donation drives and vegetarian food festivals.

The organization was formally established in 1907 by Shastriji Maharaj following a theological split within the older Swaminarayan movement.

It's a highly concentrated religious structure with enormous authority vested in its spiritual leadership.

The organization has an estimated of 1.5 million followers, many of them part of the prosperous Gujarati diaspora.

Yeah.

But okay, let's, for example, Shastriji Maharaj.

Gurjari Lal Nanda very openly straightforward who by the way was I think a prime minister yes he was the prime minister of India so he openly admitted to Shastriji Maharaj that I have this issue and obviously His issue is not maybe as big as the issue that I'm facing.

So being able to accept it and admit to a guru is a huge step in the right direction.

We call that nishkapat.