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Hello all - was thinking of adding some substantial edits to the article. Flow seems choppy.
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1. Change 'HariKrishna Maharaj' under 'other names' to 'Harikrishna Maharaj' without the capital 'K' which is the correct grammar to be used.
2. Add 'Shri Hari' to 'other names'
3. Add 'Shriji Maharaj' to 'other names' TP9696 (talk) 17:34, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
Bhagwan Swaminarayan also known as Sahajanand Swami, taught teachings of dharma, ahimsa and brahmacharya. He is the supreme god. Bhagwan Swaminarayan was born as Ghanshyam Maharaj in Chhapaiya, India in 1781. In 1792, he began a seven-year pilgrimage across India at the age of 11 years, adopting the name Nilkanth Varni. In 1800, he was appointed as the head of the sampraday by his guru, Ramanand Swami, and was given the name Sahajanand Swami.
He built six sikkarbadh mandirs in his lifetime and appointed 500 paramahamsas in one night. In 1826, Bhagwan Swaminarayan wrote the Shikshapatri, a book of commands. He went back to his abode, Akshardham on 1 June 1830 and was cremated in Lakshmi Vadi, Gujarat. Before his death, Swaminarayan appointed Gunatitananand Swami his first successor.
Childhood as Ghanshyam Maharaj
Bhagwan Swaminarayan was born on April 3rd, 1781 (Chaitra Sud 9, Samvat 1837) in Chhapaiya. Bhagwan Swaminarayan was named Ghanshyam by Markande Muni, His parents were Dharmadev and Bhaktimata. The birth of Bhagwan Swaminarayan was on the same day as Ram Navmi. Bhagwan Swaminarayan had an elder brother, Rampratapbhai, and a younger brother, Ichcharambhai. He mastered the the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, the Ramayana, and the Mahabharata by the age of seven
Travels as Nilkanth Varni
After the death of his parents, Ghanshyam Maharaj left his home on 29 June 1792 (Ashadh Sud 10, Samvat 1849) at the age of 11. He took the name Nilkanth Varni while
on his journey. Nilkanth Varni travelled across India and parts of Nepal in search of an ashram, or hermitage, that practiced what he considered a correct understanding of What is Jiva? What is Ishvara? What is Maya? What is Brahman? What is Parabrahman? While on his journey, Nilkanth Varni mastered Ashtanga yoga under Gopal Yogi. In Nepal, he met King Rana Bahadur Shah and cured him of his stomach illness. As a result, the king freed all the ascetics he had imprisoned. In 1799, after a seven-year journey, Nilkanth's travels ended in Loj, Gujarat. In Loj, Nilkanth Varni met Muktanand Swami. Nilkanth decided to stay for the opportunity to meet Ramanand Swami, whom he met a few months after his arrival in Gujarat.
Sahajanand Swami Maharaj ni Jay!
Nilkanth's understanding of the metaphysical and epistemological concepts of the pancha-tattvas (five eternal elements), together with his mental and physical discipline, inspired senior sadhus of Ramanand Swami Nilkanth Varni received diksha from Ramanand Swami on 20 October 1800, and with it was granted the names Sahajanand Swami and Narayan Muni to signify his new status
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Aasim00:49, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
The security of this page
Hello, I wanted to falk on the important issue regarding this page, few days before the editing for this page was locked to prevent vandalism, the team has once again unlocked this option which for editing, I would like to give a suggestion regarding this page to please make sure that this page doesn't get vandalized or misinterpreted just how the Misplaced Pages page of swaminarayan sampraday was filled with full of bias knowledge. Also I have seen that in previous edits, one person had tried to defame lord Swaminarayan by quoting the citations of dayanand saraswati's book which is completely biased and talks only about aryasamaji ideology, I would request the team working on this page to make sure that there are no major changes taking place in this page except some few things, just how last time some people had claimed swaminarayan to be castiest person, therefore I had to edit that part as the person had written it with only half knowledge so I had to correct that part of the article to explain the original reality, I request you to please take care of this page and protect it from Biased editing of some haters and people of other swaminarayan organizations which are offshoots...... Desi samurai (talk) 13:27, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
A spelling correction regarding my previous message :-
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ◢ Ganbaruby! (Say hi!) 07:15, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Aasim 00:49, 11 August 2020 (UTC)