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the return of it or not. The important thing here is to not allow
attachment or abhorrence (raag-dwesh) to occur. The debt may
continue.
Pratikraman for Black Marketeering
Questioner: These days there are so many taxes that
there is no choice but to ‘steal.’ Otherwise, we cannot balance
everything out financially in big businesses. When everyone asks
for bribes, we have to ‘steal’ for that money, do we not?
Dadashri: You steal, but do you or do you not repent
doing so? It will become lighter if you repent.
Questioner: Then what should one do in such
circumstances?
Dadashri: When you know you are doing wrong, then
repent heartily and sincerely. One should feel a sense of ‘burning’
from within (khed); only then can he be free. Today, if you have
bought goods on the black market, then you have to sell them
on the black market. So then tell ‘Chandubhai’ to do
pratikraman. Yes, before (Gnan) you did not do any
pratikraman, and that is why you filled ponds and ponds of
karma. Now when you do pratikraman, you will be able to
clean it. Who is instrumental (nimit) in greed? That one has to
do pratikraman. If you sell iron on the black market, tell
‘Chandulal,’ ‘There is no problem in selling this way; it is under
the control of vyavasthit, but now do pratikraman for it and
make sure that you do not do it again.’
Questioner: There are many places where people are
starving and, on the other hand, I am making money on the
‘black’. How can that be settled with equanimity?
Dadashri: Whatever he is doing, it is correct. Whatever
the prakruti (non-Self complex) does, it verily is an effect of
(past life) causes. But we can know and understand that whatever