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Pratikraman
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If you fail to do pratikraman, it would mean that you are in
favor of your anger. This is how you free yourself of your faults.
This allows you to shed your karmas. There should be a means
through which you can defy your anger.
Do you want anger to become a part of you or do you
want to be rid of it?
Questioner: I want to get rid of it.
Dadashri: If you want to get rid of it, then you must do
pratikraman for it. Only then, can you maintain that you are
opposed to your anger. Otherwise, it would be the same as
supporting it.
What does pratikraman mean? It means to become lighter
and feel freer. If the same fault were to occur again, the person
would feel very uneasy from within. People in general keep
multiplying their faults.
Have you witnessed a real pratikraman where your fault
has vanished or decreased?
Questioner: Only here, nowhere else.
Dadashri: You will only be able to do pratikraman when,
after Gnan, you realize from within that a fault has occurred.
Until then, you will not. After taking this Gnan, you will be more
aware of your atikraman and you will immediately do pratikraman,
automatically washing away your faults. This process will continue
to take place systematically. Once these faults are cleared, the
other person will not feel any negativity towards you. Otherwise
when you meet the other person again, there will be tension.
Questioner: How are we to wash away our paap
(demerit) karmas?
Dadashri: For each stain (effect of hurting others) that
appears from your paap karma, you must do pratikraman. If a