“One should understand the supremacy of Purushottam [who is Maharaj]. I have recently asked Achintyanand Brahmachari to write a granth (Harililakalpataru), and he has included the supremacy of Purushottam completely. One person read the Ramayan; in the seven sections of Ramayan, is the name ‘Swaminarayan’ in there? What is the point in reading that? Everyone has conviction of that already (that Bhagwan Ram is an avatār of God). But it is difficult to develop conviction that this [Maharaj] is Purushottam.” Once, during a samaiyo, the discourse on the Bhagwat Gita was read. At midnight, Swami said regarding this, “Why does one read that? Is there anything related to Maharaj in there? But everyone has a predilection towards that.”1 Footnotes: 1. 1. The purpose of these words is not to denounce any avatārs or the other scriptures. Rather, Gunatitanand Swami is encouraging the vow of fidelity toward the manifest form of God that the devotees have attained. It is through the manifest form of God one attains liberation. Furthermore, since Maharaj is the source of all avatārs and supreme, conviction in him encompasses conviction in all, and one attains the ultimate liberation. Therefore, Gunatitanand Swami says these words because he desires the devotees to attain the ultimate liberation.