Pratikraman: The Key That Resolves All Conflicts (Full Version) Pratikraman: The Key That Resolves All Conflicts

364 Pratikraman [21] Faults of Prakruti Will Depart This Way… Obstacles in Current Life Are Results of Past Life Mistakes Questioner: When I lose awareness as the Self (laksha), should I consider that as my mistake or a karma of obstruction (antaray)? Dadashri: As far as mistakes are concerned, it is like this; the obstacles that arise are ones that you have created, and so the mistake is yours. Why did the obstacles arise? Now those obstacles will gradually go down. Hence there is no need to have remorse for mistakes. (346) Questioner: Are obstacles the result of my mistakes? Dadashri: They are all the result of mistakes made in the past life. You have no choice but suffer them with those obstacles. Questioner: So I don’t need to have remorse for that afterwards? Dadashri: No, no. Who will be having remorse? Having remorse is not the attribute of the Self, is it? You just have to maintain greater awareness. Whenever you say ‘Shuddhatma…Shuddhatma…,’ the awareness will come. Questioner: Is pratikraman needed instead of remorse? Dadashri: The average man cannot do so many pratikramans. Not everyone has the capability. Whatever pratikramans they do in their worldly interactions are more

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