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content of karmic stock filled in the last life and so the thoughts
will come. Whatever is in the stock is what will continue to come
out. A person may not have a lot of understanding, and in his
mind he thinks he is very wise and smart. That is what was
stocked within. That does not cause the other person any harm
and so there is no need for him to do pratikraman.
Thoughts will come without fail, but you should make
them weak and ineffective (nirmalya). Do pratikraman for
them. Thoughts are non-living (nirjiv).
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How does it reach the pure Soul of the other person? It
reaches it when you say, ‘Dear Shuddhatma of Chandubhai,
thou art separate from the body of (dehadhari) ‘Chandubhai,’
all illusory attachment (maya) to the name of ‘Chandubhai,’ the
union (yoga) of mind, body and speech of ‘Chandubhai,’ charge
karma (bhaavkarma), subtle discharge karma (dravyakarma)
and gross discharge karma (nokarma). I wish to send You this
message. I do pratikraman and ask for forgiveness for having
these thoughts about you. I will not do this again.’
Thoughts will not come without there being a knot of
karma within. You should definitely do pratikraman of any
negative thought you have. Do collective pratikraman. Whatever
thoughts you have had in the last ten minutes, do a collective
pratikraman for them.
That is Considered Settling with Equanimity
Questioner: There are some faults, which are such that
if a certain person comes in front of me, the moment I see him,
I feel that this man is useless and unworthy. So should I do
pratikraman right there? What if I miss doing pratikraman for
it?
Dadashri: There is no problem if you miss doing
pratikraman. There is no problem with doing collective
pratikraman once a year for all those that you missed. Do their