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[13] Liberation from Artadhyan and Raudradhyan 237 Questioner: When ‘we’ remain separate as the Self and make ‘Chandulal’ do pratikraman, what is it called? Dadashri: You are the pure Self now, but should this pudgal, the non-Self complex, not also attain liberation? This pudgal, which is a complex of thoughts, speech and acts, should be such that it does not hurt anyone. If you do not make it do pratikraman, it will not be free from mistakes. So if you do not keep this pudgal in dharmadhyan, there is no liberation, because the pudgal cannot attain the state of shukladhyan (the state of the Self). So that is why you should keep it engaged in dharmadhyan. You should make it do repeated pratikramans. Pratikraman should be done as many times as artadhyan occurs. Artadhyan occurs because of ignorance from your past life and for that you should do pratikraman. Artadhyan is an effect. One Never Loses Shukladhyan in Akram Vignan Questioner: One comes into artadhyan and raudradhyan by falling from shukladhyan; is that why one has to do pratikraman? Dadashri: That is all true, but in reality You (the Self) do not have to do pratikraman. Shukladhyan never goes away. You have to work with the circumstances. If You (the Self) were to do pratikraman, then shukladhyan would go away, would it not? Questioner: If raudradhyan and artadhyan occur in discharge, then one has to do ‘on the moment’ (shoot-on-sight) pratikraman. Dadashri: Artadhyan and raudradhyan should not remain pending in the karmic account. And You, too, are in the state of shukladhyan and