Swaminarayan Gurukul

The meaning of education has changed over time, it isn't as it were implied to win a living but too be able sufficient to contribute at global level.[1] In today's advanced time, it is imperative that education covers all the perspectives of modern education (e.g. science and innovation) to create the child familiar with the global challenges.[7] Some of these aspects are:

• Knowledge – Application of one's understanding
• Curiosity – Ability to answer WWH (What ?, Why ?, How ?)
• Creativity – Extraordinary thinking and turning the ideas from scratch to reality
• Leadership – Being able to take responsibility thereby using the skills and power efficiently
• Dynamism – Adapting to the changes on the move.[7]

Changing the lives of the students from the start by exceptionally giving the information with the genuine quintessence of values and ethics extricated from old Indian culture changing the life of the students into an upbeat and blissful travel.[7] Giving Sadvidya makes a difference a student to create:

• Integrity – The quality of being judicious by purposeful, demeanour, conduct and activity.
• Empathy – To put oneself in the shoes of another person and feel its emotion.
• Non-violence – Valuing life of each living organism no matter how small or huge.
• Gratefulness – Having appreciation and being conscious towards – God, Saints, Guardians, Seniors and Natural Resources.
• Free from awful propensities – Creating a solid mentality and boundary to forbid awful propensities like insulting, smoking, drinking, drugs or enslavement, infidelity, betting or any future terrible habits.[7]

For the most part, spirituality is considered as a matter of conviction. Well, this can be a misguided judgment, spirituality is really the experience of the almighty. Brahmavidya values, the practices characterized by eternal Vedas and Supreme Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan, leading us to realize self and the god.[7]

• Faith – Having faith in word of God in form of scriptures and thus abiding by the rules laid by God
• Devotion – Having gigantic adore and fondness for God with the reverential practices like chanting god's mantras, tuning in to glories Lila of God, singing kirtans, prayer and service (seva) to God.
• Atmanistha – Realizing oneself as a simple Soul, confined from the body, as a humble sevak of God
• Non-attachment – Creating an intelligence of separation from materialistic objects and interests of lady, riches, popularity etc that are prominent to dedication of God.
• Realization of God – Encountering and feeling the happy and divine shape of God in reality.
• Affection with saintly persons – Having solid enthusiastic bond and unrestricted warmth with saints and beloved devotees and readiness to serve them.[7]

Shastriji Maharaj Shri Dharmajivandasji Swami reestablished the Gurukul tradition. He was born on 18 June 1901, on the auspicious day of the Rathyatra in Taravada village of Amreli District in Gujarat, India. His purvashram (childhood) name was Arjan Lakhani. On Rathyatra day Asho Sud-2 samvat 1973 his preceptor Purani Shree Gopinathdasji Swami arranged his initiation by Acharya Shree Shripatiprasadji Maharaj and later he was named as Dharmjivandasji Swami. He was the great successor of Gunatit tradition. Also he had all the five saintly virtues as described by Bhagwan Swaminarayan. In addition, he was an ideal guru, redeemer, preceptor, nishkam seva yogi and great scholar. The foundation stone of Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul at Rajkot was laid on the auspicious day of Vasant Panchami, 11.05.1948 (Samvat year 2004).[8][9][10][11]

To spread, प्रवर्तनिया सद्विद्या भूवि यत्सुकृतं महत् as written by Bhagwan Swaminarayan in Shikshapatri.[12] Propagate true wisdom in the world, the most noble endeavour. Saints entrenched students with virtuous character by true value based education based on righteous behaviour, faith in god, spiritualism and for all round development of the young generation so that will be useful for society. To save younger from the vicious effect of evil company and developing bad addictions in the present age. To make the best character of students through real education and establish comprehensive status in every field.  Train students to be patriotic, secular harmony between spirituality and modernity along with all the religious balances.[11][13] Also to provide ultimate salvation (Kalyan) during the life and after the life as well.

Shashtri ji Shree Dharmjivandasji swami went on foot to pilgrimage Badrinath (an abode of Badrinarayan on Himalaya) in 1946 (samvat year 2002). There he saw few disciple/student of guru (teacher) chanting mantras in Ashram. This flashed his intellect and made him realize that there was a missing factor in society is the value-based education system. He felt that the reach of education needs to grow spiritually and integrate it with one’s life. School and colleges were providing academic knowledge but moral values were missing. With the concept of rejuvenating the younger generation with modern education enhanced with moral values of life, he made a vow to establish Gurukul. Pujya Purani Swami Shree Premprakashdasji Swami, Pujya Mugat Swami Shree Nitrannamuktadasji Swami and Tribhuvan Gaurishankar Vyas supported him wholeheartedly in his effort to establish Gurukul. With only 7 students, the Gurukul was started  on 16.06.1948 (Jeth Sud-10,2004) Samvant in a rented house in Rajkot, Gujarat. To provide education for one and all, particularly the underprivileged children.[9][11]

To propagate and promote Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan's Message

1. Building the best character of pupils through credible education.
2. Establish comprehensive development in every zone.
3. Prepare students to be the best patriots.
4. Creating secular harmony for all types of religions.
5. Equalize between modernity and spirituality.

Build a strong base of the beauty of Indian culture in young people's lives, including modern technology education, achieving an atmosphere of sophistication along with positive behaviours, and enhancing the life of young people in general.[9][14]

The Mission is to teach :

1. Vidya : Modern Education
2. Brahmvidya : Spiritual Education
3. Sadvidya : Traditional Education