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286 Pratikraman
Where There is No Anger , There is Forgiveness
People will say , ‘ Lord Mahavir had to suffer a lot . He had to suffer internally as well as tremendous bodily pain . He had to endure a lot in penance .’ Moksha is not attained by enduring such physical suffering . What is such talk like ? What people say is that the Lord has forgiveness for one , no matter how bad a deed he does . The Lord does ‘ have ’ forgiveness , so he can ‘ give ’ it to others ; it may appear so to people . What does forgiveness ( kshama ) mean ? There is no such thing as forgiveness . Absence of anger in itself is forgiveness . Hence one does not have to forgive . The Jain sadhus ( ascetics ), not having understood this , claim how wonderful the Lord ’ s forgiveness is . There is no forgiveness . It is a different matter where , through the ego , one says , ‘ Go ! I forgive you !’ One can understand that forgiveness , but that is on a superficial and a gross level . The absence of anger is forgiveness in itself . ( 270 )
Kashay is Not in Our Control but Pratikraman is
In Akram Vignan , true control ( saiyam ) is the cessation of anger , pride , deceit and greed . If any of these kashays occur , one has to do pratikraman , because that is atikraman . Sensual enjoyment ( vishay ) is not atikraman , but these kashays ( anger , pride , deceit and greed ) are atikraman . You have been taught to do pratikraman for the atikraman . The world has arisen because of atikraman and it will end with pratikraman . Worldly interaction with kashays have given rise to life-after-life world ; not the worldly interaction in vishay . Worldly interaction with kashays has given rise to the worldly life , and that is the atikraman which can be washed off with pratikraman . Occurrence of kashays is not under Your control but doing pratikraman for it is under your control . Therefore , effort ( purusharth ) towards liberation is through pratikraman .
Has your ego ( ahamkar ) and pride ( maan ) gone away