422 Pratikraman
pratikraman . But ...
Dadashri : You have to do only as much as ‘ we ’ have told you and nothing more .
Questioner : No , but when I have that surplus time , if I continue to say the same thing over and over again for hours on end , will that work ?
Dadashri : You have to do as ‘ we ’ have told you . When you have the surplus time , you cannot put in your own wisdom by saying , ‘ Everything done in this lifetime , numerous or innumerous lifetimes , everything …’ You cannot add your own ‘ ingredients ’ into it . You will poison half of it . And finish all the claims that you have brought with you and nothing new . Do not say anything new . Do you understand ? Continue doing everything the way it is supposed to be done . The intellect will paint something negative . It will kill you . ‘ What ’ s wrong with doing it this way ?’ That is what it will show you .
When does attachment ( raag ) arise ? It arises from abhorrence ( dwesh ). And then raag gives rise to dwesh again . Therefore , they are all mistakes . There is raag-dwesh wherever there is a mistake . That is considered a ‘ sticky ’ file .
Lord Mahavir ’ s Principle is Based On This
Whoever ’ s pratikraman we do , he may not have any bad feelings towards us , but respect for us will arise within him because the pratikramans have been done . No matter how much enmity there may be , it will go away in this very life . This is the only solution . The whole principle of Lord Mahavir is based verily on pratikraman . It is alochana , pratikraman and pratyakhyan ! There is no religion ( dharma ) where there is no alochana , pratikraman and pratyakhyan . The people of the world will not remember this alochana , pratikraman and pratyakhyan , whereas You have become a Shuddhatma and , therefore , You will remember them immediately .