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will he bind new karma?
Dadashri: You will not bind any karma if you do
pratikraman. Do you do pratikraman every time?
Questioner: I immediately do pratikraman.
Dadashri: And are you ‘Chandulal’ or are you
‘Shuddhatma’?
Questioner: I am Shuddhatma.
Dadashri: Then there is no problem. There is no problem
if you do pratikraman.
Questioner: If I became nimit of raudradhyan and did
not do pratikraman, and the entanglement remains, then did I
bind karma?
Dadashri: When is karma bound? It gets bound when
darshan (the knowledge of being the Soul) changes. When
darshan changes, or when the faith is shaken up; otherwise, you
will not bind any karma. Nothing will happen to the one whose
conviction of being the pure Soul does not falter.
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Questioner: So there is no time limit, is there? The Limit,
such as the karma, will be bound within a certain time?
Dadashri: When does karma get bound? When the
conviction (pratiti, ‘I am pure Soul’) becomes shaken up and
unsteady. What occurs when you mix salt and sugar together?
Questioner: Everything changes.
Dadashri: Then all the karma will be bound. So let sugar
be sugar and let salt be salt. Therefore, conviction must not be
tainted or spoiled. No stain must ever fall on the conviction (I
am pure Soul).
Adverse Meditation is an Effect; Wash It Off
with Pratikraman
Dadashri: Now artadhyan and raudradhyan cannot