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Dadashri: Yes, and that we do not wish to do the same
again. We do pratikraman to remove these tendencies from
our nature. If we don’t do pratikraman, it means that was our
wish.
Questioner: But for us (mahatmas), all such intents are
being settled, discharging (nikaali), are they not?
Dadashri: Yes, it is all discharge bhaav, but if you (the
self) want to keep that as part of your nature; there is nothing
wrong with it.
Questioner: If it is all just discharging (an effect of karma),
then why should I do pratikraman?
Dadashri: Everything is a discharge; everything!
Pratikraman is only for atikraman that occurs; it is not for
anything else. If you do not do pratikraman, your relative nature
(swabhav) will never change. It will remain as it is. Do you
understand?
Unless you show your opposition to it, it will always stay
with you. If you happen to get angry, you do pratikraman
because you do not wish to support your anger. If you fail to do
pratikraman, it would mean that you are in favor of your anger.
This is how you free yourself of your faults. This allows you to
shed your karma. There should be a means through which you
can defy, oppose, the anger.
Do you want to keep anger as a part of you or do you
want to be rid of it?
Questioner: I want to get rid of it.
Dadashri: If you want to get rid of it, then you should do
pratikraman for it. Only then can you maintain that you are
opposed to your anger. Otherwise, it would be the same as
supporting it.
Questioner: Whatever was meant to occur, did occur.