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[17] Removing the Root Cause of Opinions
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Removing the Root Cause of Opinions
Pratikraman for Prejudice
Questioner: You have told us to do pratikraman. If we
were to do pratikraman, day and night, every moment of the
day, then that pratikraman is for the mistakes of only one
lifetime, is that not so?
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Dadashri: What does pratikraman mean? It means that
you should not have an opinion. It means that you have changed
your opinion. You have no opinion anymore. Pratikraman is to
be done to get rid of the opinion, ‘This is right,’ in anything
wrong that you do; the pratikraman that, ‘I am repentant for
it, and affirming that I will not repeat it.’ So pratikraman is only
to get rid of the opinion.
Questioner: But, since meeting You, the opinions have
already changed.
Dadashri: That is fine, but you should still go ahead and
do pratikraman.
Questioner: If there is any prejudice or a strong opinion,
will it go away with repeated pratikraman?
Dadashri: Yes, it will.
Questioner: Should I do pratikraman for every time
any strong opinion or prejudice arises?
Dadashri: If you keep doing pratikraman, it will wash
off everything. What gives rise to prejudices? Repeated