Holy Shikshapatri (eternal, scriptures, God, cross)

[celina]

Holy Shikshapatri Part TWO

Householders

Do not indulge in extra-marital relations.
Shloka: 18

Married men and women, should be loving, loyal and faithful to one another. Do not be harsh to one another.
Shloka: 159

Do not keep the company of licentious, lustful and loose persons.
Shloka: 161

Do not have an abortion and do not keep the company of those who encourage or assist in abortion.
Shloka: 170

Respect for All

Do not vilify deities, places of pilgrimage, priests, sadhus, chaste women and holy scriptures. Always see good in others.
Shloka: 21

Offer your salutations with respect to the deities in mandirs you happen to pass by on your way.
Shloka: 23

Be courteous and hospitable in the mandir. Welcome all visitors. Serve them food if they happen to be hungry. Take care of them in accordance with your means of subsistence.
Shloka: 131

Religious Life

Keep the company of sadhus and pious priests.
Shloka: 36

Be honest and regular in daily life. Wake up early in the morning. Remember God and offer your daily worship to the Lord.
Shloka: 49, 50, 51

Remember God, recite His name, sing His glory, say prayers, offer prostrations with reverence, and study scriptural texts daily.
Shloka: 54 - 58

Remember God in all your activities. Visit the mandir daily. Listen to religious discourses with great reverence.
Shloka: 63, 64

In the pilgrim places and the holy shrines, be charitable and serve food to the priests, sadhus and poor worshipers, according to your means of subsistence.
Shloka: 83

Do not believe in superstitions and black magic.
Shloka: 85

As per your capacity, donate 10% or 5% of your total income as an offering to God.
Shloka: 147

Celibate Sadhus

Observe the vow of celibacy strictly and sincerely.
Shloka: 178

Do not accept the command even of your Guru, if it happens to distract you from your vow of practising celibacy.
Shloka: 180

When your life, or that of a woman, is in danger, protect it by speaking to her or if necessary, by physically touching her.
Shloka: 182

Control your sense of taste. Neither hoard nor deposit money or property in any form.
Shloka: 189, 190

But for sheer exigency, do not travel alone, without the company of a fellow sadhu with you.
Shloka: 191

Do not waste your time in fruitless talks and activities. In all your activities and service unto humanity, keep your mind fixed on God devoutly.
Shloka: 193

Control anger and be compassionate and give up concern and attachment for your body and its relations.
Shloka: 201, 202

Even if someone attacks you with abuses, insults and beatings for no reason, do not be harsh to him. Bear and endure the insults. Forgive and bless your tormentors.
Shloka: 201

Expiation

In normal times, do not fall back upon the exemptions and relaxations in duties which are sanctioned for sheer exigencies.
Shloka: 48

Regulate and adjust conduct, dealings in life, and expiation for purification, as per your age, ability, wealth, time, place and community norms.
Shloka: 120

Worship and Devotion

Worship the Supreme Lord, while living a moral and pious life.
Shloka: 39

Do not give up faith and devotion to the Lord out of fear of slander by the unscrupulous and the ignorant.
Shloka: 39

One who keeps his mind fixed on God whilst doing all activities, divinizes all his actions.
Shloka: 59

Worship with devotion unto the Lord who alone is the redeemer from the bondage of Maya. Therefore, worship the Lord with undivided devotion.
Shloka: 113

http://www.swaminarayan.org/scriptur...ms.htm#worship

[celina]

Holy Shikshapatri Part THREE

Philosophy

Comprehension of the essential nature of individual self (Jiva), cosmic self (Ishwar), matter nescience (Maya), Akshar (Brahman) and the Supreme God (Parabrahman), is called Jnan -right knowledge.
Shloka: 104

Jiva means an individual soul. It is a spiritual substance. It is atomic in size. It is very subtle and imperceptible. It is indivisible and imperishable. It resides in every living being. It has knowability. Its consciousness pervades the whole body. Knowledge is its essential quality. Therefore, the Jiva is the real knower. Jivas are innumerable.
Shloka: 105

Maya means prakriti, the primary matter. It is the basic substance and the cause of all bondage. Its nature is of darkness and ignorance. Its constituents are the three gunas, namely, sattva, rajas and tamas. It is the inseparable power of the Supreme Lord. It is the cause of ego and attachment to the body and its relations.
Shloka: 106

Parmeshwar or Parabrahman means the Supreme God.
He resides in the heart of every Jiva.
He is the inner controller and the Supreme Ruler, and hence, is called Antaryami. He is immanent in everything, and yet beyond everything. He alone is the independent Supreme Being. He is the Moral Governor, for He rewards and punishes the Jivas according to their good and bad karmas.
Shloka: 107

When Lord Krishna is accompanied by Radha, know them as Radha-Krishna. When Lord Narayan is accompanied by Laxmi, know them as Laxmi-Narayan. When Lord Narayan is accompanied by Arjun, know them as Nar-Narayan. In the like manner, you should know and name the Lord with reference to the ideal devotee who is accompanying Him.
Shloka: 109, 110

Identify oneself with Brahman, separate from the three bodies, and eternally offer devotion to God.
Shloka: 116

Concluding Prayer

The Supreme Lord is the redeemer of all.
He alone is the destroyer of all pains and sufferings.
He is the protector and upholder of morality, religion and devotion on the earth. He is the Moral Governor, and the bestower of all desired happiness. O, Lord! Bless mankind with universal good and an auspicious life.
Shloka: 212

http://www.swaminarayan.org/scriptur...ems.htm#prayer

[celina]

Originally Posted by penguino

5 realities, jeev, ishwar, maya, brahm, parabrahm. We are at the bottom of the chain jeev, parabrahm is at the top, there you go, different, NOT the same. Maya is a gate, we cant open and close it but brahma and parabrahma can.

You are such a wise child. Lord Swaminarayan has really blessed you with intelligence, unlike some here.

[mahesh]

Yep i would think so too. Many here do not have such gyaan at such ages. Would be good if you used it in the correct manner for the rest of your life. Use your Gyaan in the way God stated and follow What Bhagwan Wanted Himself and never do VAchan droh or Guru droh.

Jay Swaminarayan.