Pratikraman 47
A large portion of effects of the deeds done in this life , is destroyed with pratikraman . When you do pratikraman , your karma will weaken like a burnt rope with its cinders intact , and will disintegrate at the slightest jolt . In your next life all you will have to do is shake off the cinders . Every act done in this life is an effect . Within it , unknown to the doer of the act , are the causes of next life . These causes give their results as effects in next life . For negative acts performed in this life , pratikraman changes the causes within , and therefore the desired result is the effect in the next life .
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12 . Destroying Addiction with Gnan Questioner : I am addicted to smoking . What should I
Dadashri : Maintain from within , that this smoking is wrong . Furthermore never defend the act of smoking in any manner . If you do , it will only serve to reinforce and protect your habit . Admit that you have a weakness and that it is a bad habit . Only then will the time come that you will be able to break yourself of this addition . If you do not , then this addiction will stay with you forever .
I do pratikraman also . One must become free from all opinions held within . It is not acceptable to have an opinion of any kind .
By doing pratikraman one attains the ultimate thing . Technically pratikraman is required , but scientifically it is not necessary .
Questioner : How is it scientific ?
Dadashri : Scientifically it is all a discharge . Everything that happens is an effect of past life causes . After this Gnan , you become completely separate from Chandulal . So why then do