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Pratikraman
is needed. For the faults there is pratikraman.
And Yet Atikraman Continues
Questioner: The intensity of mistakes made in the past is
going down and there are many things that I don’t remember as
much. So when I do pratikraman, how much of that which has
been forgotten will come into my memory? You had once said
that one has to do a hundred or even more pratikramans daily.
Now all those faults have been forgotten but they are already
bound, how can they be brought into the memory?
Dadashri: There is no need to do all that. Most of them
are burned immediately when ‘we’ give you the Gnan. And that
is why Gnan is present when you need it. If a grave mistake has
occurred, and it comes into your memory, then do pratikraman.
Otherwise, you do not have to do anything. You do not have to
do pratikraman for mistakes you do not remember. You don’t
have to do anything if nothing comes into your memory. (384)
Questioner: Even after doing pratikraman, if that mistake
recurs in my memory, does it mean that I am not free from that
mistake?
Dadashri: The faults are like layers of an onion. As you
peel off the outer layer of an onion, there is yet another layer
beneath. These faults have many layers. With each pratikraman
you do, one layer is shed. In this way, when you do a hundred
or more pratikramans, the fault will eventually go away. Some
faults will go away after five pratikramans and some may require
more. A fault requires as many pratikraman as the number of
layers it has. The longer it takes to do pratikraman, the bigger
and heavier the fault.
Questioner: Many times I know that a mistake has
occurred. I also do pratikraman for it, and yet the same mistake
continues to occur.
Dadashri: When that happens again and again, keep doing