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[13] Liberation from Artadhyan and Raudradhyan
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credit the four in your karma account? If you cannot tolerate this
insult, why are you dishing out a new one?
This is how man wanders around life after life. People
take on needless liabilities. Do not spoil the bhaav for anyone,
and if you do, then correct it immediately. But learn the art of
how to get your work done from all this, if you want to go to
moksha. The Gnani Purush will teach you that art. He will teach
you how to come out of it.
Pratikraman Erases Bad Intent
Dadashri: What does one say? ‘Why the heck did he
have to come this time of the night?’ How does that help him?
Questioner: No, it does not help him at all. On the
contrary, it will create problems.
Dadashri: On the contrary, it ruins his next life.
Questioner: But, Dada, what if one repents and does
pratikraman at that time? When mahatmas do pratikraman,
they change their intent, but still the newer bhaavs (intents)
remain, do they not? When he changes his bad bhaav into a
good bhaav, for him the bhaavkarma still remains, does it not?
Dadashri: Doing pratikraman does not produce good
intent from a bad intent. Pratikraman just washes off the mistake:
‘I do pratikraman for the atikraman I did and I will not do the
same again.’
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Consequences of Effect (Prarabdha-karma)
and Binding of Karma
Karma is bound with belief and intent of ‘I am Chandulal.’
For you, now that You have attained Self-realization, the remaining
karmas are prarabdha-karma. You eat, you drink, you sleep;
you can do everything.
Questioner: You have said that one will get burned if he