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Pratikraman
Dadashri: When that occurs, stop everything and then
‘see’ it again. Stop everything and then start all over again.
For many, doing only a few pratikraman will clear up
their account book. For others, they may have to do a lot of
pratikraman because they may have made a lot of entries in
their book.
Questioner: Does that mean that we have to keep on
doing pratikraman again and again?
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Dadashri: That is all; that is the purusharth you have to
do.
Questioner: So when atikraman starts in this manner,
while I am doing pratikraman, is anything wrong there?
Dadashri: No, you just stop doing pratikraman at that
time. If you want to boil milk and it starts to overflow, you have
to remove it from the heat for a while and then you have to put
it back on again. And when it does not stop the second time
round, You have to tell ‘Chandulal,’ ‘He is very beneficial to
you. Why are you creating more mess like this again? That
person is very beneficial to you!’
Questioner: Everything settles down for a while when I
say that ‘he is of great benefit to me,’ but then after a while,
everything takes over again.
Dadashri: But even then, they (unfolding karma) will not
become stickier. That too is a wonder, is it not? It is good that
you have been able to sort this much of it out. This is a tremendous
kashay and the account book is very big!
Extended Pratikramans for One Individual
Questioner: My pratikraman for an individual continues
for three days. It seems there is no end to it and so I get tired.
I feel I do not want to do any more pratikraman. I wonder