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Pratikraman
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The Way of Akram Vignan
New and Precise Religion through Akram Vignan
What is the current dharma (religion) like now? Everything
is encompassed in a positive ego. All the scriptures say, ‘Practice
kindness. Speak only the truth. Do not steal,’ etc. Hey, you! Is
one able to do all that? That is why they have put the religious
books away on the shelves. What did people do? They felt it
was not possible to follow what the books dictated and so they
were of no use to them. They were not able to practice kindness.
They could not speak the truth. These books say the same
things over and over again. That is why people put away the
books on a shelf.
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What do the scriptures say? They say, ‘Do not steal, do
not lie, do not deceive.’ So what can we do? Tell us what else
can we do if we cannot do that? What can we do if we have
to go somewhere and they do not give us a ticket and we are
forced to buy it on the black market? But these scriptures tell
us not to do such things. Then we have no choice but jump in
the lake!
The world is trying to turn around the result (effect). Now
how can effects be changed when people themselves have
changed? In the past, when there were a very small percentage
of people who had changed, it was appropriate to say, ‘Change
your conduct. Purify your conduct!’ But what can one do when
ninety-five percent of today’s conduct is bad? What can you do
when all conduct is bankrupt today? So ‘we’ have made a new