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Pratikraman
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Through repentance, raudradhyan can be changed to
artadhyan. With repentance one can be diverted from a birth in
hell to a birth in the animal kingdom. With further intense
repentance, one can turn raudradhyan into dharmadhyan. Actions
and events may not change, but changes are taking place from
within.
Questioner: When I remain separate and make
‘Chandulal’ do pratikraman, what is it called?
Dadashri: You are the pure Self now, but will this body
not also need liberation? This body, which is a complex of
thoughts, speech, and acts, must be such that it does not hurt
others. If you do not make it do pratikraman, it will not be free
from errors. You need to engage it into the state of dharmadhyan.
It cannot attain shukladhyan (the state of the Self), so you must
engage it in dharmadhyan. You must make it do pratikraman
continuously. Pratikraman must be done as many times as
artadhyan occurs. Artadhyan occurs because of ignorance in
your past life and for that you must do pratikraman. Artadhyan
is an effect.
Questioner: Is it considered artadhyan or raudradhyan
when we see faults in others?
Dadashri: Yes. A person will see faults in others if that
is the kind of baggage he has brought with him from his previous
life. The Self is faultless and does not see fault in others. He
must do pratikraman when he sees faults in others. That is all
he has to do. Everything he does in this life is the discharge of
the baggage he has brought with him from his previous life.
For instance, if someone knocks on your door in the
middle of the night and when you check to see who it is, you
see a friend of yours with a group of his friends, would you not
open the door?