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Pratikraman
Questioner: Does a change occur in the heart of the
other person?
Dadashri: He will have change in his heart and he will
come looking for you at your home. Do you understand?
Everything will occur.
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What does pratikraman mean? It means to ‘see’ your
own mistakes. But if you see mistakes in others, then they will
perpetuate. Therefore, do not look for mistakes in others. Only
then will you be free of enmity (veyr).
Enmity Continues Enmity, Life after Life
Questioner: So where is the need for doing pratikraman
when he is never going to meet me again?
Dadashri: Pratikraman itself means that you are doing
pratikraman for that which has ‘already occurred’ and not for
what is ‘going to occur.’ When you do pratikraman, you are
free from the inner intent (bhaav) of violence or kashay. You
are the one letting go of it; he may or may not.
Questioner: Suppose I don’t do any pratikraman. So
will I have to go someplace in order to settle that score?
Dadashri: No, it does not have to be settled by meeting
him again. You are the one who is bound; you have no concern
with him at all. We have nothing to do with the other person.
Questioner: But am I not supposed to settle the account?
Dadashri: It means that you yourself are bound again
and that is why you have to do pratikraman. Everything heals
with pratikraman, which is why you have been given the weapon
of pratikraman!
All karmic debts are paid off with pratikraman and
pratyakhyan. Otherwise, enmity increases with revenge and
opposition. It increases when you oppose someone, does it not?