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contradictory.
Dadashri: So if ‘You’ wish to do it, then ‘You’ (the
awakened Self) have to tell ‘Chandubhai’ (non-Self), ‘Go ahead
and do pratikraman.’ You have to ‘do’ it this way. Do
pratikraman for the major things. Do not get stuck with very
subtle matters, because if you try to enter into subtle matters,
you will miss the major ones. Will they not be left out?
Questioner: Yes, they will.
Compassion for the Pratikraman of Tradition
It is like this. We were told to do pratikraman in a
language the antahkaran (inner working components of the mind,
intellect, chit and the ego) would understand. We don’t have to
criticize anything that these other people are doing. Whatever
they are doing, it is good. At least they have a good intent
behind it.
I am not blaming any ascetic or priests (sadhu or acharya)
for it. What can anyone do if no one understands this?
They have a sincere intent of wanting to follow the Agnas
of Lord Mahavir. At least they are ready to abide by the Lord’s
Agnas and whatever understanding they have of them. That is
what we have to consider. If they do not have the understanding,
the main thing is that their intent is good, and out of one hundred,
eighty-eight of them are ready to follow it for sure. So how can
we call that path wrong? But the eighty-eight people cannot see
a single fault of theirs. And they brag saying, ‘Yes, I only have
a little anger,’ but they will not admit that they make mistakes.
In India, there is no one who can make the statement, ‘I
experience moksha (liberation),’ because if you were to provoke
him a little, there would be an instant counter-attacking reaction.
The moment you provoke him, he will show his fangs! Whereas
here, if someone were to give a mahatma two slaps, he would