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Dadashri: That is not your lookout (concern). You have
to say it in your mind (silent pratikraman) and so you are free.
The Exact Definition of ‘Settlement of Karma’
Questioner: If there is an incident where even before any
atikraman occurs, if we have the awareness of, ‘This is a
discharge; this bhaav (inner intent) is not mine,’ is that not
pratikraman?
Dadashri: Everyone cannot maintain such awareness like
you. Not everyone can maintain the awareness of, ‘This bhaav
is not mine.’ So it is better to teach this simple thing of
pratikraman to most people.
Questioner: When the pratikraman is done, the Self
does not accept it as its own bhaav, does it?
Dadashri: No, it is true what he says, that we are only
doing pratikraman to show that this is not our bhaav. Other
people do not have the awareness of ‘These bhaavs (feelings of
repent and aggression) are not mine,’ do they?
Settling a file with equanimity and the absence of the
slightest atikraman is all a discharge (nikaal) in worldly
interaction. Atikraman should not occur; but if it does, then you
have to do pratikraman. Then it counts as a discharging worldly
interaction (nirjara of karma).
The Doer of Atikraman Does Pratikraman
After ‘we’ give Gnan, one begins to see all his own faults.
Until then, he sees other’s faults and not his own. If he wants
to, he will find a hundred faults in someone else. He will see only
two or three of his most obvious ones but he will not be able
to see his other faults. Now that Gnan has been nurtured and
has grown into a good size plant, you will immediately begin to
see all your faults. What do you see every day? Do you see
your own faults or those of others?