6. Some Doctrines

A worshipper can realize Supreme Lord by means of pure knowledge, pure deeds and pure worship only, otherwise not.

The worldly pleasures are achieved by numerous people; but the knowledge of experiencing manifestation of the Supreme Lord and His eternal divine bliss-peace are obtained by some rare person only.

A new seeker, in the beginning, feels that there lies happi­ness-peace-joy in achieving God, as well as worldly pleasures too; and he can proceed with both of them together by which he can be successful in both. But this is not possible. Such misbelief is eliminated when there is maturity in spiritual practice.

The one who puts real efforts on the path of absolution, can only save himself from going on the path of mundane pleasures. When flaccidity prevails in the inclination and efforts on the part of absolution, then the person is diverted to the path of worldly joy from the path of absolution.

The worshipper; who lacks in the strength to absorb the divine liberating qualities of the Supreme God, who lacks in the purity of the meals for organs, who lacks mental restraint and discipline; cannot resist the storm in the form of worldly allurements. The worshipper enters into the worldly bindings, leaving aside the worship, on having the contact of worldly affairs.

The statement of the people - who say that they do not have the desire for salvation is not correct; because they too have the desire of freedom from the worldly sorrows and pains!

'Niskam Karma' i.e. work without any selfish motive; can be done only by a person having the superior most aim of achieving God. Even a scientist without such aim cannot do so.

An enlightened God-realized saint can uplift and prosper the society much more than what thousands of scientists in the world together can do.

A person always tries to eliminate the substances as well as the relations which appear to be harmful, painful and sorrowful. If such an effort is not seen, then it is clear that the person does not have the sense regarding harmful and painful substances or relations; and that the person is in delusion.

The sin committed due to haste and lack of awareness effects more than the sin committed due to ignorance. More than that, the sin which is committed knowingly and deliberately is definitely risky and is responsible for the descent.

The vices remain suppressed by performing virtuous deeds incessantly. When we quit doing virtuous deeds the vices which are suppressed get upon us and try to suppress us. This is just like the rule which says that laziness does not exist when efforts are made, but laziness arises as soon as one quits the efforts.

The one who is not afraid of death can only make progress on the path of achieving God by obeying the great-vows, rules and commandments. Besides that, the pure worship (Shuddh Upasana), pure knowledge (Shuddh Gnyan), pure asceticism (Shuddh Vairagya) and pure deeds (Shuddh Karma) are expected.

The God generally keeps on helping everybody irrespective of anyone obeying His laws or not. But God definitely, showers His Bliss -blessings upon the one -who, faithfully and sincerely obey His laws and commandments. Moreover God and provides distinct help and protection to them .

A person, can try to uplift himself on his own or with the help of saints, holy scriptures, worship etc.. But the spiritual upliftment which is achieved by obtaining the grace and help from the Supreme God Himself or His liberated saint is extraordinarily different.

A child gets help and protection on having the best and proper parents. In the same way, on establishing relation with God, His help and protection are obtained. The person who lacks the help from God keeps on roaming here and there seeking help just like an orphan child.

It is not possible for a person to receive much help from God, when he gets enamoured due to delusion, in the worldly five sensual objectives, though he seems to be wise enough.

The one who performs the deeds which are auspicious but includes selfish-motive i.e. 'Sakam' cannot protect oneself completely from ill deeds. The only remedy to be safe from ill deeds is to be devoid of selfish motive i.e. 'Nishkam.'

Neither any type of successful conduct nor any progress is possible without firm faith, trust and pure love.

Human being weaves the web comprising of many types of problems-confusions around himself, and remains trapped in that, due to delusion.

In the state of attachment malice, the intellect cannot reach to the depth of spiritual mysteries. The pure intellect, free from attachment and malice, is minute and powerful enough to know the spiritual mysteries in true sense.

The grace of a saint is bestowed when his behests are obeyed word to word. The rise of pure intellect is possible due to this grace. Hence, the mysteries of spiritual knowledge are easily elucidated.

To implement the highest ideas; as shown by God, saintly persons and holy scriptures in our own life first and then, accordingly, showing the way of living to others, is the greatest benevolence to the society. Without this the downfall of the society cannot be prevented.

When the worldly sensual pleasures are considered to be prime, either the definitions of sin or meritorious deeds become meaningless or the person starts redefining them as per his concept. As a result, the person, gets directed on the wrong path and misleads others too.

True worshippers never get deviated from their own aims and ideals. Even death becomes insignificant for them and they become fearless.

A well wisher and fearless person only can show other persons their defects. The person who is afraid because of the feelings of attachment and malice or the person who is driven by selfish motive is unable to make others aware of their drawbacks and vices.

The progress of worshipper - who is making sincere ardent efforts to achieve God is obstructed if he hates relations or objects harmful on the path of achieving God. Instead of creating rancour it is necessary to find out the way to avoid them with rationality.

Though it is felt that worship and faith towards one’s presiding deity is the best, the worshipper should not have the feeling of rancour towards other religions and schools of thought but on the contrary should be considerate, otherwise a disturbance is created in the worship. Therefore, a broad attitude of respect towards all religions should be created along with that one should remain stable and firm in the faith and worship towards one’s favourite deity.

On gaining the real knowledge pertaining to soul, God and Maya-the illusion from God-realized saint, the next step is only to make ardent efforts. Thereafter, the grace of God is bestowed upon.

To try for obtaining grace of God on ignoring the behests of a saint is worthless and next to impossible.

Lord Swaminarayan has stated; quitting intoxicants, non-violence, quitting theft, quitting adultery, not defiling oneself or others as the five morals of life (Panchvartman). All qualities like rules and restraints on the path of Yoga as well as truth, non-violence etc. are included in these five morals of life. To understand the secret of the deep minute spiritual meanings that exist in this Panchvartman from a saintly person and to unite with the form of God with inner inculcation by obeying them perfectly is the superior most spiritual effort. All other spiritual practices are secondary besides this.