31. The Divine Mantra Offered by Lord Shri Swaminarayan

Having declared Himself to be the creator and controller of the entire cosmos, all Brahmandas, the one and only Supreme Person Narayan, our Lord offered 'Swaminarayan' mantra. He advised, "Remember me and think of Me in all your activities, count the beads (rosary) chanting My name, sing in my praise and narrate the stories of My divine deeds, meditate upon my self-luminous, self-revealed Figure, serve Me, worship Me; I will deliver you from all sins, remove all yout defects and shall help you attain my Supreme Divine Bliss." Only Supreme Paramatma can speak in such a benevolent and redeeming language.

From our study of this text we are convinced that:

(1) Shri Swaminarayan who is the cause of all incarnations and who is above and beyond the mutable and the immutable is the real Parbrahman Paramatma -the Ultimate Reality.

(2) Shri Swaminarayan being higher than the highest, for the highest degree of peace and happiness, He is the right object of worship, for the entire mankind.

(3) The avtars or incarnations are distinguished from one another on the basis of attributes in terms of fraction (Ansh) skills or radiance, completeness, and absoluteness of divine powers. But the Avtari or the Incarnator manifests Himself through Avtars (incarnations). Therefore the divine incarnatory deeds performed by an Avtar are those of the Avtari. It is in this context that we come across statements in many scriptures asserting unity or complete identity between Avtar and Avtari -the incarnations and the cause of incarnation.

(4) The one and only easy and accomplished means to acheive the spiritual as well as secular welfare of the individual and the society is the path of righteousness shown to us by Shri Swaminarayan.

(5) Everyone will agree that Swaminarayan religion is a world religion because it absorbs all positive thoughts, it is beneficial to all and it has the catholicity and universality which appeals to one and all. Religion should be defined and interpreted from broad and liberal point of view.

(6) A World Religion is that which makes a man more human in real terms. This statement can be rightly applied to Swaminarayan Religion.

Finally, I conclude with a sincere prayer and lacs of obeisances to our Supreme Lord Shri Swaminarayan that, "May this all-redeeming, beneficial divine religion keep on growing in strength and number and lead the mankind on the path of righteousness."