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Pratikraman
is why ‘we’ bring people into the state of awareness. They are
in constant awareness and so they can do the ‘shoot-on-sight’
pratikraman. If a man loses his grip on the string of his kite,
what is the point of shouting and complaining when his kite takes
a nosedive?
Questioner: He cannot do anything once he loses the
grip.
Dadashri: Such is the state of all humans today. So when
‘we’ help by putting the string back in your hands, then if it takes
a nosedive, all you have to do is pull on the string and it will
come back under control. Until then, the situation is not in your
hands at all.
When is one considered to have attained the path of Lord
Mahavir? It is when one can see hundreds of his faults and does
hundreds of pratikramans every day. The knowledge of the
Self is way beyond that. But here, one reads four books
(scriptures) and then walks around with the intoxication (keyf)
of ‘having attained the Self.’ He has not attained even a drop of
the knowledge of the Self! When knowledge does not progress,
intoxication increases. Because of intoxication, one’s gnan-
avaran and darshan-avaran karma cease to be removed.
(Gnan-avaran karma is knowledge-covering karma. Darshan-
avaran is vision-covering karma.)
Pratikraman in the Ignorant State
Questioner: How should one do real pratikraman?
Dadashri: Real pratikramans are only of value when I
give you the right vision, because without attaining the awareness
of the Self (jagruti), it is not possible for anyone to do
pratikraman. And such awareness cannot be attained without
‘us’ giving you Gnan (knowledge of the Self). You will have
constant awareness when ‘we’ give you Gnan. Otherwise, if I
tell you about pratikraman and explain it to you, you will still