During His time on earth Lord Swaminarayan aimed to write scriptures to further the sampraday, to reveal the greatness of the Lord and in a way that could be easily understood by all satsangis.

The Swaminarayan Sampraday is based on Hindu Scriptures, but because these are great in numbers and volumes, and complex to read and understand, Lord Swaminarayan took it upon himself to read, digest and then compile new scriptures that brought out the essence of these Hindu scripture. The content of all the scriptures by Lord Swaminarayan is based on the subject of religion, humanity, honesty, non-violence and mercy to mankind

The following are a few of the most prominent and are read daily or on a regular basis:

The literal meaning of Shikshapatri is the 'letter of teachings'. Written in Vadtal on the 5th day of the bright half of the month of Maha VS 1882, on Vasant Panchami, it comprises 212 slokas, which give details on the conduct of everyone, depending on their varnas.

Lord Swaminarayan during his life read many scriptures, and from all these scripture he made notes of the things that are important in ones conduct. If one abides by the Shikshapatri it improve the lives of individuals in this life and the next, also they shall attain the four objects in life being, dharma, artha, kama and moksha.

Lord Himself wrote the Shikshapatri in Sanskrit. It was then translated into Gujarati and subsequently into English and many other languages.

If one abides by the Shikshapatri it improve the lives of individuals in this life and the next, also they shall attain the four objects in life being, dharma, artha, kama and moksha.

The Lord would verify each chapter and would make comments on the radiance of the script.
Written in Sanskrit, contains 319 chapters.

The questions were asked and answered in sabhas at various locations. Each sloka describes in detail, what day, time of day, the location, the Lords attire, who is present, who asked the question and the Lords reply. The questions covered all aspect of life and Satsang.

The saints would note down all the discussions and then the Lord would check and approve certain ones to be added to the list for the Vachnamrita. These Vachnamritas were thousands in number, but our Lord has selected only 273, in essence the Lord personally edited the Vachnamrita.

Vachnamrita is the main scripture of our sampraday and we have an immense amount to learn from it. If anybody reads them attentively, they need not read any other scripture for their ultimate salvation. The Vachnamrita is held in such high regard that discourses from it are recited daily in all Swaminarayan temples.