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Pratikraman
Dadashri: Yes.
There is an eight hundred page book on celibacy
(brahmacharya) called Samaj thi Prapt Brahmacharya
(Celibacy Attained through Understanding). Have you read it?
People refer to it as ‘the wonder of the world.’ An invaluable
weapon has been given for those who want to maintain celibacy.
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Substitute for Pratikraman
Questioner: You have said that every morning we should
say five times, ‘Let no living being be hurt, even to the slightest
degree, through my mind, speech and body.’ So if I do this
much, will it work for that (sexuality)?
Dadashri: One can say it five times, but the way in which
he says it should be with the same focused concentration and
interest that he has when he is counting one hundred dollar bills.
Questioner: If I do pratikraman in matters of sex with
the same intensity every morning five times (Sixth Kalam of
Dadashri), is that acceptable? Otherwise, how many
pratikramans does one have to do? The eyes get pulled (look
sexually) so many times!
Dadashri: Yes, yes, it will do. But how should you say
it? Just as you keep your chit (inner complex of knowledge and
vision) focused when you are counting money. The way your
antahkaran (the inner functioning components of the mind,
intellect, chit and the ego) is when you are counting money; that
is how it should be when you are doing this.
For That, You Need to Do Thousands of
Pratikraman a Day
For now, you should take care of your eyes as to where
they wander. There was a time when people used to gouge out
their eyes if they looked upon someone with lustful intentions.