SHIKSHAPATRI
Kheda district in Gujarat state. This
THE GOSPEL OF LIFE DIVINE
Patri is smaller than 1/3 part of Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta, is not only Smriti of the
Swami Bhanuprakashdasji
Sampraday but it is also Shruti because the Lord has said, “My word is My another form” and thus he has
Lord Swaminarayan has emphesised
instructed all of his wards to follow (His
on Vedic scriptures. Among the
words). This booklet presents its
followers of Swaminarayan Holy
contents in 212 verses. The instructions
Fellowship, mainly two volumes have
given in these 212 verses do not discuss
gained great reverance and they are
any mysterious topics of philosophy but
Vachanamritam and Shikshapatri.
in the form of this Shikshapatri Lord
Shikshapatri is an ideal guide for
Swaminarayan has given a ladder to the
practical, social, religious, domestic,
average common people to live their
political life of various classes of people
material worldly life comfortably and
following this Holy Fellowship.
then uplift oneself to the divine life and
This small booklet is the essence of
thus to elevate oneself to divinity.
universal knowledge contained in a compact nut shell form. It is like an ocean contained in an earthen water pot. One can visualize the farsightedness of Lord Swaminarayan in this small booklet. While the Vachanamrita is delivered in day-to-day language used by a common man. It expresses the graceful speeches of Lord Shree Swaminarayan in easily comprehensible
In Shikshapatri Lord Swaminarayan has given importance to Holy Fellowship as well as to local religious faiths. The individual should play his role appropriately at the place where he lives. He may be a king, a household person, an Acharya, Brahmachari, Saint, married woman, widow, male or female but their ways of living can never be equal. So each one of these has to
language and style.
perform his duty in a special way. It On the auspicious day of Vasant
should be performed in such a way that
Panchami, Dt. 12-02-1826 i.e. before
public dealing remains clean and
195 years, Lord Swaminarayan had
spiritual life leads to elevation of self and
written Shikshapatri at Vadtal village of
soul. In this respect the booklet of
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