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Pratikraman
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Dadashri: Of course it is an atikraman.
Questioner: What would happen if we hurt someone
with our speech, but we do not do any pratikraman?
Dadashri: When you speak harshly, it will naturally hurt
the other person. How can you be happy with hurting someone?
Questioner: Do we bind karmas because of this?
Dadashri: Is it not against the spiritual law to hurt anyone?
And by doing so, have you not violated the law? When you
follow my Agnas, you are practicing dharma, so then why not
do pratikraman? What is wrong in doing it? Ask for forgiveness
and make a firm resolution not to make the same mistake again.
Is there even a need for you to look for justice? If one
understands the relative life as it really is, then he would
understand justice. It is because of your own past accounts that
your neighbor insults you. In the same token it is because of the
other person’s past account that you speak harshly with him,
but because you want to be liberated, you have to do
pratikraman.
Questioner: Because of our Gnan, it does not affect me
when people are rude or spiteful towards me. The problem is
that sometimes I do end up speaking harshly during such times.
At such times if I take into account, what you have said about
our speech, as being a consequence of his karma account, is it
a misuse of Gnan? Does this not support my own rude behavior
towards others?
Dadashri: You must not use what I say as an excuse to
escape your faults. Under such circumstances you must do
pratikraman. If you say something hurtful to someone, you must
do pratikraman. If you accept the other person’s rude language,
and understand that his speech is not under his control, but is
dependent on other factors, it should not affect you.