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Pratikraman
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How Amazing is the Awareness of the Gnani
Purush
Flawless Vision and Yet Harsh Speech
Everyone in this world is flawless; without faults (nirdosh)
and yet look how ‘our’ speech comes out. ‘We’ have seen
everyone as nirdosh; no one is at fault (doshit – one who has
faults). To ‘us,’ no one appears at fault; ‘we’ see no one at fault,
but the speech says so. ‘We’ see no one as being at fault
whatsoever, so how can ‘we’ speak in this manner? Is it
necessary for ‘us’ to speak in this way? ‘We’ cannot speak this
way about anyone and that is why pratikraman immediately
follows. This occurs because ‘we’ fall short by four degrees
(360° is absolute enlightenment, Dadashri is at 356°) and,
therefore, ‘we’ should do pratikraman.
Although ‘we’ interfere deliberately and use stern words,
according to nature, it is a mistake on ‘our’ part, is it not? And
for that, ‘we’ make him (A. M. Patel) do pratikraman. There
is pratikraman for each mistake. However, when ‘we’ scold
people, ‘we’ know how to do it without hurting them.
Questioner: Is pratikraman necessary even if the scolding
is done with good intentions?
(72)
Dadashri: You bind merit karma (punya) with good
intentions. If you do not have Gnan and you get angry with him,
even then you will bind merit karma; because it depends on your
intention. Everything in the world is bound according to one’s
intention.