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Pratikraman
I can see the effect of contempt from previous lives;
therefore I am telling you not to have contempt towards anyone.
Do not mistreat people. If you treat manual workers with
contempt, they will take revenge in their next life. They may
even become a snake and bite you out of vengeance. Contempt
will never free you from its grip. Only pratikraman can save
you.
Questioner: If we have made someone miserable beyond
words and have hurt him so deeply that we cannot remove his
pain, will we bind karmas even if we do pratikraman?
Dadashri: You must continue to do the pratikraman in
his name with the same intensity as the pain you caused him.
A judge asked me whether or not he should give a death
penalty now that he had attained the Gnan from Dada. I asked
him what other choice he had. He wanted to know whether he
would still bind karma if he were to confer a death sentence
upon someone. I asked him whether he was the ‘Pure Self’ or
‘Chandulal’, and he replied that he was the Pure Self. Then I
proceeded to tell him, “If you are the Pure Self, then whatever
Chandulal does, is done by Chandulal, at Chandulal’s risk and
responsibility. It is entirely up to you. If you want ton be
responsible for the death penalty, you are Chandulal. I do not
have any problem with that.” I warned him not to be a partner
in crime and gave him a way to resolve his dilemma. I told him
to beseech in prayer, “Oh Dada Bhagwan, why do I have to
deal with such an unpleasant task?” and do pratikraman for it.
I counseled him to continue with his line of work as prescribed
by the laws.
Questioner: Since we rid ourselves of our faults by doing
pratikraman, would this not give people the right to do as they
please?