Shikshapatri by Swami Narayan

Shikshapatri by Swami Narayan

Haridas:

I will post in this thread some nice instructions over a period of time by Sahajanand swami of Swami Narayan vaishnav sampradaya .

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

"If everyone followed the Shikshapatri, there would be no judicial system." - Sardar Vallabh Patel

Sanjay :
I have read this Shikshapatri by Swami Narayan. It is very interesting and the Vachnamrut that was written by him was from Bhagwat Gita being narrated to simple uneducated people in Gujarati language.
But, today there are many Swami Narayan paths. Many of them broke away from the original path and wrote their own rules and do not follow the rules written in Shikshapatri.