1. Supreme Lord Shri Swaminarayan and The World Religion

The task of evaluating the incarnatory work and mission of Purna Purushottam [the Supreme Person] Shri Swaminarayan, is as difficult as that of diving deep into the ocean to fetch pearls. How can a mortal understand or jugde Parbrahman Paramatma -the Supreme Soul? Who can describe His attributes? None, but the Lord Himself can reveal His true nature to us.

We all know that the Supreme Person Shri Swaminarayan is beyond the grasp of our reasoning mind. How can the finite explain the infinite? We cannot understand Him; we can only experience Him. However, we can always turn to those blessed ones, the saints and sages, the thinkers and seekers and devotees who actually walked this earth with Him and had personally experienced His bliss and grace. We can also look up into scriptures and other authentic texts, which support the fact of incarnate God Shri Swaminarayan. Let us try to have a glimpse of His divine self in the writing of these great men. Yet let us not forget that God reveals Himself to only those who have an insatiable urge to see Him and whose highest end in life is to attain oneness with Him. He who seeks shall find Him!

Even for a while if our limited vision does not allow us to perceive His divine attributes and if we take into account His services to mankind and His acts of love, we cannot miss in His human form the Divine Supreme Power which permeates all living beings. This knowledge will not only benefit us but redeem the entire mankind. His life is His mission.