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[4] How Amazing is the Awareness of the Gnani Purush!
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all stopped. The pratikraman that people talk about is simply
an inanimate ritual (jada kriya) which does not destroy even a
single mistake. And yet they speak about destroying mistakes.
Nothing is achieved by simply reciting rituals.
Questioner: Matagraha (obstinacy of viewpoint) is
considered atikraman, is it not?
Dadashri: Matagraha is the greatest atikraman. India
is dying from this poison. Presently it is the deadliest poison.
Every person has created so much of this poison.
In Essence, ‘We’ Are Lord Mahavir’s
Questioner: You have so many Jain words and
terminology in your speech.
Dadashri: All that is manifested is Gnan; the words
automatically flow. But ultimately ‘we’ are Lord Mahavir’s! ‘We’
do not like anything else. ‘We’ do not like any one else’s talks.
‘We’ are ready to accept scientific facts. Lord Mahavir’s talks
are all scientific. ‘We,’ too, are considered scientific.
What special directive (Agna) has Lord Mahavir given for
this dushamkaal (current era of the time cycle of lack of unity
in thoughts, speech and acts)? He has asked that one should
follow the Agnas and when this is missed then one should do
pratikraman.
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