Now after all the rules for the disciples you read this all. But now when you are doing worship of Lord Shri Swaminarayan at that time what are the rituals that you have to know. So my devotee friends you read this whole post in which I posted Rituals of daily worship.
Our followers shall get up daily before sunrise and after remembering Lord Krishna , they shall proceed for bodily excretion. ||1||
Thereafter they shall clean the teeth sitting at one place, take a bath with pure water and then put on a pair of clothes duly washed (one should be worn around the waist and other should be wrapped on upper parts of the body) ||2||
Then they sit facing east or north on a fair-sized (sufficient to sit comfortably) clean seat (mat) spread over a pure place, not touching to any other seat and shall perform 'Aachman' (sipping of water). ||3||
Thereafter all my male disciples shall make vertical Tilak mark with a round shaped mark within, on their forehead and all 'Suvasini' women followers shall make only a round shaped (Chandala) mark with kumkum , on their forehead. ||4||
The widows shall make neither a vertical Tilak nor a round mark (Chandala) of kumkum on their forehead and thereafter all my followers shall offer mental worship imaging sandalwood paste and flowers in mind. ||5||
Thereafter they shall reverently see the pictorial image f Radha and Krishna and shall bow down to it. Then , after chanting of Shri Krishna mantra of eight letters according to one's onw capacity, they shall stat their pursuit. ||6||
So these all are the Rituals of daily worship to be observed by the followers. And if you obey this and work on this rituals, said by Lord Swaminarayan in Shikshapatri. So all devotee friend stay connected with this blog for other shikshapatri sloks.
Rituals of daily worship to be observed by Lord Swaminarayan followers
Shri Swaminarayan Shikshapatri for Disciples 2
One shall never utter the truth, which may cause betrayal of oneself and others. One shall give up the company of ungrateful persons and shall not accept bribe from anybody. ||16||
One shall not keep company of thieves , sinners , addicts, hypocrites, passionate persons and alchemists who cheats the people by his tricks. ||17||
None shall associate him with persons who , under the pretext of devotion or knowledge , are engaged in sinful acts as they are conveted in a woman, wealth and tastes of foods. ||18||
One shall never listen of believe the scripture in which , Lord Shri Krishna and his incarnations like 'Varah' are skillfully refuted. ||19||
None shall drink unfiltered water if milk and none shall use water full of germs for bathing etc. ||20||
My disciples shall never take medicines containing liquor or meat or medicines by a physician whose conduct is not known. ||21||
None shall make bodily excretion like passing of urine or motion or even spit at the places like dilapidated temples , banks of river or pond, roads, shown fields , under the shady trees, flower gardens etc. whereby such things are prohibited by the scriptures or the society. ||22||
None shall enter or pass through unauthorized passages and none shall put up in a private place without the consent of its owner. ||23||
My male followers shall not listen to religious discourses being delivered by a woman not he shall enter into debate or controversy with a woman, ruler or his conrtiers/officials. ||24||
None shall insult preceptors , superiors and persons having status in the society , scholars and armed persons. ||25||
No work should be done immediately (without due thinking) but work relating to religion should be immediately. One should impart the knowledge acquired by him to others and one shall ever keep the company of saints. ||26||
None shall approach a preceptor , a deity or a king empty handed and none shall commit a breach of trust of anybody and none shall do self-praise. ||28||
My followers shall not wear such indecent garment, which even after putting it on, expose the parts of the body. ||29||
None shall perform the devotion of Lord Shri Krishna devoid of religion in any way nor one shall give up the worship of Shri Krishna for fear of criticism by the ignorant people. ||30||
While being in the temple on a celebration , my male followers shall not touch females and females followers not touch males but outside the temple they may behave as usual. ||31||
All my Brahmin , Kshatriya and Vaishya ('Dvija' as they are called in 'Sanskrit') followers who are initiated into the devotion of Lord Shro Krishna by a preceptor descended from the family of Shri Dharmdev shall always put on around their neck a double 'Kanthi' (rosary) of Tulsi beads and shall make a vertical Tilak Mark on their forehead, chest and on both the arms. ||32||
This Tilak should be made of Gopichandan (i.e. white earth of Dwarika) or white sandal-wood paste mixed with saffron and kumkum left over after having been offered to Lord Shri Krishna while performing 'Puja'. ||33||
In the middle of that Tilan a round shaperd mark should be done with Gopichandan or with sanctified kumkum duly offered to Radhikaji or Laxmiji. ||34||
The devotees of Shree Krishna who belong to higher backward classes (i.e. Satshudras) observing their own 'Dharm' (riligion) shall, not wear 'Tulsi-Mala' (Kanthi of Tulsi beads) and imprint Tilak (religious mark) just like my followers of other three 'Varnas' (i.e. Brahmins, Kshatriya and Vaishya) ||35||
The devotees belonging to the castes lower that the 'Satshudras' shall wear around their necks, double Knathi (rosary) of sandal beadsm duly sanctified by offering it to God and shall make on their forehead, only a round mark (Chandla) without vertical Tilak. ||36||
The Brahmins and otheres who have been doing 'Tripund' i.e. horizontal Tilak on their forehead and putting on a rosary of 'Rudraksha' as part of their family traditions shall not abandon this practice even after their becoming our followers. ||37||
Narayan and Shivji Should be treated /understood one because both are described as 'Brahmpura' (from of brahm) in Vedas. ||38||
In little exigency our followers shall never resort to relaxations permitted by the scripture under sheer exigency. ||39||
This all are the Shikshapatri rules given by the Lord Shree Swminarayn for their disciples. If this all the rules from 1 to 39 get obey then the man or woman is be the disciples of Shri Swaminarayana. Other Rituals of daily worship to be observed by the followers of Swaminarayna come on this blog. So devotee stay connected till the other Shikshapatri come on this blog. Till that Bye Bye !!!!
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Lord Shri Swaminarayan Shikshapatri for Disciples 1
Hello friends I again come with the Shikshapatri of the Lord Shri Swaminarayan. In further introduction 10 stanzas says many thing to you people. And by the way those should be obay by all the people. But now I giving this stanzas for the people who are disciples of Lord Swaminarayan.
My followers shall never any living creature nor even very small insects like lice,bugs etc knowingly. ||1||
My followers shall never kill animals like goats, rabbits etc even as offerings in the yagya for manes and deities because non-violence is described as the biggest ethic in all the scriptures. ||2||
None shall ever kill any human being in any way even for acquiring woman, wealth or kingdom. ||3||
None shall ever commit suicide even at the place of pilgrimage, out of anger or confusion due to commission of sinful act, by taking poison or by strangulation or by plunging into a well or by jumping from the height of mountain. ||4||
Flesh and meat , even if it is remains of a sacrifice in 'Yagya' should never be eaten even in adverse times and any kind of liquor even if it is offered to deities , should never be drunk. ||5||
None shall mutilate with a weapon etc. any part of his body or that of others , out of anger or punishment of misdeed committed by himself or others. ||6||
One shall not steal anything even for the religious purpose and woods, flowers etc. should not be taken without permission of its owner. ||7||
My followers males and females shall not commit adultery and they shall refrain from indulging in gambling and similar vices. They shall not take intoxicating things like hemp, opium, tobacco, snuff etc. in any way. ||8||
One shall not accept food or water cooked by or served by a person not approved by age-old convention to do so, even if its remains of an offering to Lord Shri Krishna expect at Jagannathpuri where there is nothing wrong in accepting 'Prasada' of Shri jagannathji. ||9||
None shall ever make false accusation against anyone even for the promotion of self interest and one shall never abuse anybody. ||10||
One shall never slander gods, places of pilgrimage, Brahmins, Chaste women, Saints and Vedas nor shall listen such talks. ||11||
None Shall eat ' Prashad' (remains) of offering to the deities to whom liquor and meat are offered and before whom goats and other animals are scarified. ||12||
Whenever my followers happen to pass by the temples of Lord Shiva or other deities , they shall bow down to it and have a vision (Darshan) of that deity respectfully. ||13||
None shall abandon his duties prescribed as per his own 'Varnashram' nor shall he perform duties prescribed for others. One shall not practice pretentious and fictitious faith. ||14||
One shall not listen to even religious discourses from a person whose preachings might lead one to fall from the devotion of Lord Krishna and one's own duty. ||15||
This 15 are for all the disciples of the Lord Swaminarayan. But My friends this only half of them . If you want to more then stay connected with this blog.
Shikshatri Introduction 1-10 Stanza
In other post you can see the Shikshapatri Dhyanam 12 stanza and now I hope that you people ready for this Shikshapatri. So today I posting the further 10 Introduction Shikshapatri Stanzas. Now look this Stanzas and meditate god Shri Swaminarayan.
I meditate in my heart on Lord Shri Krishan, with Radha on his left and Laxmi residing in his bosom and who pleasantly plays in Vrindvan. ||1||
I, Sahajanand Swami, staying at Virttalay (Vadtal) to my followers living far and wide in vatious countries, ||2||
Ayodhyaprshad and Raghuvir respectively the songs of my brothers Ramprtapji and Ichharamji born of Shri Dharmdev, {Who have been adopted by me appoint by me as Acharyas (the heads) of my followers,} ||3||
My devoted celibate followers such as Mukundanand and others, house holders Shri Mayaram Bhatt and others, ||4||
My women follwers whose husbands are alive and (also) widows, Shri Muktanand and other saints. ||5||
Let them all accept my auspicious blessings with remembrance of Shri Mann-Narayan which is the defender of faith and authenticated by scriptures. ||6||
They may alll keep in mind with due attention, the purpose of writing this Shikshapatri by me , which is for the welfare of all the linving beings. ||7||
The human beings who practice the ethics like non violence preached by Shrimad Bhagawa Puran and other scriptures, can attain great happiness in this world and in the other world (after death) and who will fully violate these codes of conducts and lives according to their whims, are of evil intellect indeed and will definitely receive great sufferings in this world and in the other world (after death) ||8|| & ||9||
Therefore, all my disciples shall always follow carefully and lovingly, the rules of this Shikshapatri and never disobey them ||10||
These all 10 Stanzas are make you people knowledge of this Shikshapatri. Othere will be come after some post so not forget to read all this stanzas.
Shikshapatri Dhyanam for Meditate Lord Shri Swaminarayan
Hello all the devotes of Shri Swaminarayan God you want to meditate God Swaminarayan then Swaminarayan God had given this most important 12 rules for the Shikshapatri Dhyanam. If you follow this and you can meditate easily.
- When the light of the true knowledge disappeared and the darkness of inner ignorance prevailed in the world and the people were confused in performance of their duties and the scriptures were so misinterpreted as to justify the actions of inflicting injuries on living beings , the Lord of the Akshardham , out of his sheer compassion , incarnated himself on the earth and presented to the mankind this Shikshapatri, which is the mother of salvation, on whom I always meditate ||1||
- Capable to liberate the people trapped and sunk in the muddy whirling of worldly entanglements and to purify them and also to destroys the dense darkness of ignorance, O Shikshaparti, thou hast incarnated, therefore, I meditate on you. ||2||
- THis Shikshapatri is like a unique stick of colllyrium, which removes the darkness of ignorance from the heart. Therefore it should be worshipped by all, for the divine light of knowledge and wisdom. ||3||
- This Shikshapatri is enunciated by Lord Shri Swaminarayan residing in Akshardham, which is addressed to all his disciples in the Holy Scripture by Shri Satanandmuni. O Mother Shikshapatri! you are the sanctifier and savior of followers from the cycle of birth and death So I humbly meditate on you every day. ||4||
- I take refuge in Shikshapatri addressed by Lord Shri Swaminrayan and included in the scripture namely Satsangijivanam by Shri Satanandmuni. ||5||
- Shikshapatri is extracted by churning the ocean of all the scriptures and it is unparalleled nectar for the salvation of human being and therefore those who drink this nectar become fit for the salvation. ||6||
- Shri Sahajanand Swami who is the only resort of the saintly people and who had, on this earth, first given this nectar to Mukundanand and other disciples, has brought about you, O Shikshapatri! You are the dispeller of the demoniac evils and the healer of the pains of this world, I worship you. ||7||
- Lord Narayan is the grab of Varni (Lord Swaminarayan) with a view to uplift the souls sunk in the sea of mundane affairs and to confer the ultimate good (salvation) on all deings, has undertaken write Shikshapatri, may reside in my heart to enlighten and inspire me. ||8||
- Lord Swaminarayan, son of Shri Dharmadev, who with his loving and always smiling lotus like face, spells author of Shikshapatri may always reside in my heart. ||9||
- This Shikshapatri is the other divine form of Lord Swaminarayan. It's the bestower of all goodness to everybody and it shines brightly on the earth. ||10||
- O Shikshapatri ! I believe you as the other diivne form of Lord Shri Swaminarayn who has been prayed reverently by all his disciples and who is the cause of everything and who is the God of Godes. Since Lord Shri Swaminarayan himself has enunciated you, you are the bestower of all desired fruits. I , therefore , always worship you just as my Lord. ||11||
- "The nectar is the form of Shikshapatri, I have presented for the welfare of the pople. Therefore it should be followed with due reverence by all my disciples". Those who bear in mind this divine order of Lord Shri Swaminarayan and recite this Shikshapatri with due respect, shall attain eternal place in Akshardham. ||12||
Shikshapatri Preface And History Of Shikshapatri
extracted by me, can give desired objects to every human being.
Therefore all my disciplines shall always vigilantly act according to this shikshapatri and shall never act according to their own whims.
My male and female disciples who strictly act according to this shikshapatri will surely achieve all the four goals of life i.e dharma ,arth ,kam , and miksha.
The male and females of my sect shall know that the males and females who do not know this shikshaptri are cinsideres as excommunicated from this sect.
PREFACE
In the second half of the 18th century our country wad passing through a very difficult time .The political ,social and religious phases of public life were facing upheavals and chaos .The life was unsafe and the people were immensely suffering and groaning under the terrorism of thieves ,outlaws , thugs ,stanglers and robbers . The ifmorance and superstitions were wide spread The scriptures were being people misinterpreted by the wicked people to justify their sinful acts . As there was no ray of hope anywhere , allthe saintly people were praying for the incanation of God for their liberation .
The loard of ther loards and the source of the all incarnations Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwan
living in his heavenly abode " Akshardham " . heard the prayers of the afflicted people and took birth in a small village named Chhapaiya near Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh in a pious day of Ramnavmi of vikram samvat 1873 (i.e 02-04-178!)
Up to the age if seven years only , He learnt all the scriptures and at the age of eleven years He left home for pilgrimage and penance After travelling in the dense firests of Himalayas and in Nepal He visited almost all the main places of pilgrimage in north ,east,south , and west of our country . In the last phase of his tour he came to Saurastara region of Gujarat in the western India popularly known as the land of saints After having been satisfied himself with the knowledge and saintliness of Shri Muktanand Seami and other fellow saints ,disciples of Ramanand Swami. He stayed with them in village Loj Shri Ramanand Swami who was one of the gretest saints of that time initiated him into the ideolgy of 'Vishishtadvait' and enthroned him as successor and gave him the name of Shri Sahjanand.
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