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[3] These Are Not Lord Mahavir’s Pratikramans
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as there is darshan mohaniya, ‘gajsnanvatta’ will continue.
Questioner: A mistake occurs as you say, and so one
does pratikraman for it in this life – and so he becomes fault-
free (nirdosh – without fault). So then why would he make
mistakes again in his next life?
Dadashri: He will do it without fail. As darshan mohaniya
continues, depending upon the circumstances he encounters, he
will act accordingly.
Questioner: So the main point You are making is that
one only becomes fault-free (nirdosh) if he does pratikraman
after attaining Atmagnan (Self-realization). And, thereafter, he
is not likely to repeat his mistakes in any life to come.
Dadashri: For countless past lives, one leaves stealing
behind… but in his next life if he has parents who steal, then he
will become a thief again. What will the one with darshan moha
not do?
Questioner: Then does the pratyakhyan (vow never to
repeat the mistake) he did, not bear any fruit?
Dadashri: No. That is only applicable for that particular
life, not after that. Thereafter, he encounters new circumstances
and he does all kinds of things.
It is here (in the path of Akram Vignan) that pratikraman
has been useful for us. Because there is no more ‘income’ (no
new causes of karma), we can get rid of the pending stock.
Your darshan moha is gone; the ‘income’ has stopped. Would
that be the case if the ‘income’ were still flowing in? So for
others the ‘income’ still continues in full force. They have more
income than ‘expense,’ i.e., they bind more karma than they
discharge. How much income is there for them? However much
imagination (kalpana) they have, their karma bondage is
equivalent.