"He is the Word made flesh, as spoken of by John the Apostle, and dwells among all races to gradually lead the aspiring Soul back to the eternal Godhead, from plane to plane with varying degrees of density. The ECK teachings, which he gives, promise a practical way out of the dense matter into the pure spiritual sunshine. The ECK, or Word, manifests in the Master and is revealed to those whom he may so choose to call his own."

--The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad

Mahanta. mah-HAHN-tah
A title to describe the highest state of God Consciousness on earth, often embodied
in the LIVING ECK MASTER. He is the Living Word. An expression of the Spirit of God that is always with you.

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"Key to the ECK teachings is the Mahanta, the Living ECK Master. He has the special ability to act as both the Inner and Outer Master for ECK students. He is the prophet of Eckankar, given respect but not worship. He teaches the sacred name of God, HU, which lifts you spiritually into the Light and Sound of God, the ECK (Holy Spirit). Purified by the practice of the Spiritual Exercises of ECK, you are then able to accept the full love of God in this lifetime."

"During the present Kali Yuga age, the dark age, all humanity has become tormented by the thousand ills of poverty, disease, plagues, and wars instigated by jealousy, which remove man from the path of Truth. Seeing that this had happened in the worlds of the lower path, the Sugmad was moved to incarnate Itself as the Mahanta, the Living ECK Master and to give the truth of the path of salvation in simple language."

~ The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad

"The idea of the Mahanta as representative man appears sometime to be quite startling to the traditionalists of religions. It need not be, though the eternal and essential Godman does involve seeming contradictions. The incarnation of the Mahanta in every age is not only a showing forth of the divine drama being played out, but also a continuing portrayal of the human drama. This gives the only true promise of salvation, the liberation of Soul from the world of matter."

~ The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad

"The ancient books of the Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad are indeed the true Light and the Word of God: It takes up and discusses every phase of life in both the worlds of matter and the highest planes."

https://www.eckbooks.org/items/-65-0.html

"There is never a time when the world is without a Mahanta, the Living ECK Master, for God manifests Itself again and again in the embodiment of the chosen one. It is constant and always in the worlds. For in the Living ECK Master does It find perfection, as he is the true instrument for the Sugmad, the Vi-Guru, the Love and Spirit of the Sugmad."

~ The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad

Gopal Das once stated that “whoever has looked upon the face of the Godman has seen the living image of God.” This means the Living ECK Master has been sent to this world to serve and act for the highest reality. He has been sent by the Divine Power to administer to all who need him during his sojourn on earth.

~ The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad

"The Godman does not come into this world to make new laws, nor to destroy existing laws, but only to uphold the Universal Divine Law, unchangeable as it is. His message is one of hope, fulfillment, and redemption for those in search of the Sugmad. He is a great cementing force, transcending all denominational creeds and faiths and presenting a way out of the worldly religious strongholds."

~ The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad

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"The Mahanta, the Living ECK Master lives in the world although he is not of it. He has come to help all those who desire it, and enters the stream of humanity to give this help."

~ The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad