70 Pratikraman
Questioner : Is it of something that one has attained ( grahan )?
Dadashri : You have to take pacchkhan of something that you have yet to renounce . Those people consider what they have renounced as pacchkhan ; ‘ We have taken pacchkhan ,’ they will say .
A vow ( vrat ) is that which becomes one ’ s natural state of conduct ( vartey ). For ‘ us ,’ all these vrats are a natural state of conduct . The vows of non-violence ( ahimsa ), telling the truth ( satya ), non-stealing ( achaurya ), celibacy ( brahmacharya ) and non-acquisitiveness ( aparigraha ) have become a natural conduct in ‘ us .’ There is not an ounce of parigraha in ‘ us .’ So a vow cannot be wishy washy .
Hence , in the path of Akram , there are no such things as rules , principles and vows ; all that is applicable in the worldly path . All these rules of vows , japas ( chanting ), penance , meditation , principles and rules , etc ., are found in the worldly path .
The worldly path means to accumulate punya ( merit karma ).
The Lord has shown us two paths . One is that of merit karma and the other is the path of moksha . What does the path of moksha mean ? It is the path of alochana , pratikraman and pratyakhyan , and the one who abides by these three will go to moksha , without fail .
Questioner : The merit karma one builds will bring favorable circumstances in his next life , is that not so ?
Dadashri : The merit karma he accumulates will be helpful to him in his next life . What else can they do ?
No Iriyapathiki Pratikraman in Akram Vignan In the Kramic path , there is iriyapathiki kriya ( walking