religious rites.pdf - Shree Swaminarayan Temple Bhuj

RELIGIOUS RITES 5
not be genuinely aware of the importance of practicing
these different rituals. However with the aid
of this handbook, such aspiring members of the
community shall have a very good opportunity to
read and absorb the significance and essence of
various religious practices prescribed in the
Sampraday. Apparently, for a busy person, - in
to -day’s modern society- it may not be possible
to find adequate time to study the great classical
books works like ‘Achar Samhita’, ‘Padma
Puran’ or ‘Upanishads’, which are a great and
precious storehouse containing these practices.
To overcome such difficulties facing today’s community
and still aid them in the sacred path of
their spiritual pursuit, our Swamiji has taken considerable
pains and efforts to explain these practices
in their simpler perspectives, but without losing
their contextual merit and significance for
which the community should feel grateful. Swamiji
has done his best in providing a very lucid and
concise explanation in a simple language for the