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Pratikraman
Dadashri: It is a fault to question and analyze another
person’s change of intent. So you have to do pratikraman for
it. If you see a frown on the other person’s face, then it is due
to your mistake. If you invoke and recall the Shuddhatma within
him and keep asking for forgiveness from him, then you will
become free from the account of karma connection
(roonanubandha).
Suffering Without Blaming Cleans the Mind
When you suffer through something that you dislike, with
a clean mind, you will become vitarag.
Questioner: What is a clean mind?
Dadashri: A clean mind is one where one does not have
any negative thoughts for his opponent. What does that mean?
That means that one does not ‘bite’ (attack) his nimit (evidentiary
instrument or person). If bad thoughts arise against the nimit,
then these are immediately washed off by doing pratikraman.
Questioner: A clean mind is there in the final stage, is it
not? Will I have to continue doing pratikraman until it becomes
clean?
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Dadashri: Yes, that is right. The mind has become clean
in certain matters but not in other matters. These are all different
steps. Where the mind is dirty and spoilt, pratikraman is required.
Knots in the Mind Sprout with External
Evidences
Thoughts sprout from the tubers of karma that lie within.
A thought sprouts when evidences come together. One may
appear to be a celibate (brahmachari), but he starts to have
sexual thoughts when he comes across the circumstances.
Questioner: Do thoughts not arise due to the environment?
Is it not due to the circumstantial evidences that one’s nature,
one’s friends, etc., come together?