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[15] On The Path of Cause Ahimsa
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Dadashri: Even a child? So understand that you will not
escape. Whether you do something knowingly or unknowingly,
you cannot escape the consequences.
That is Considered Lack of Awareness
Questioner: What occurs if a person who has received
Gnan kills mosquitoes that bite him?
Dadashri: You can say that the intent got spoilt. That is
not considered awareness of Gnan.
Questioner: Is that considered a violent intent (himsak
bhaav)?
Dadashri: Not only that, but in doing so he has reverted
to what he was. However, pratikraman would wash it off.
Questioner: What if he keeps killing the mosquitoes the
next day?
Dadashri: Even if he were to do it a hundred times over,
pratikraman washes it off.
The Most Heavy Karma Becomes Light with
Pratikraman
Questioner: We have to suffer the nikachit karma (heavy
and ‘sticky’ karma that one has no choice but suffer its effect)
from the past life, but what about the nikachit karma created in
this life?
Dadashri: That has to be suffered in the next life. It will
not give its fruit immediately, not before first maturing.
Questioner: It cannot be destroyed; it has to be suffered,
is that right?
Dadashri: It can become lighter if you keep repenting
repeatedly. Half of the bitter juice that had entered into it will be
removed from it. Nikachit means that one has no choice but to