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332 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. (316) 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.