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karma, other people are hurt by my karma.
Dadashri: But ‘who’ is this ‘I’? Is it ‘Chandubhai’ or the
Shuddhatma?
Questioner: ‘Chandubhai.’
Dadashri: You are Shuddhatma, are you not?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: Then ‘Chandubhai’ is the doer. What does
that have to do with You? ‘Chandubhai’ is separate and You are
separate.
Questioner: ‘Chandubhai’ becomes a doer and he
becomes tanmayakar (become the body and the mind). That is
when I know that the other person is hurt.
Dadashri: Then You have to tell ‘Chandubhai’, ‘Ask for
forgiveness. Why did you hurt him?’ But You do not have to ask
for forgiveness. The one who does atikraman has to do
pratikraman. If ‘Chandubhai’ does the atikraman, then You
have to make him do pratikraman.
Questioner: If I have a sari business and my competitors
raise their prices by five rupees, and I do the same, is that wrong
business practice? Does that affect me or not?
Dadashri: But who is the ‘doer’ there?
Questioner: ‘Chandubhai,’ the sari seller.
Dadashri: ‘You’ are a Shuddhatma (the Self), and so
You are not responsible for what ‘Chandubhai’ says or does.
And by any other means, if You feel someone has been
hurt, then tell ‘Chandubhai’, ‘You have done atikraman, so do
pratikraman.’ But I have not left behind any responsibility for
You at all. I have removed Your responsibility and liability.