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Pratikraman for What Bothers You
You will not have peace as long as you see others’
mistakes. When you do pratikraman, this mistake will be
erased. You should do pratikraman for every sticky file of
raag-dwesh by focused awareness (upayog) and thereby it
gets cleaned. It is important to do pratikraman for files due
to attachment (raag).
If you are sleeping on a nice comfortable mattress but
there are pebbles underneath in it, would it not bother you until
you shake it out? In the same manner, pratikraman is called for
when things bother you. Pratikraman needs to be done only
where there is an internal signal of discomfort and pain. And
whatever bothers the other person, he, too, will do the same!
Everyone has different kinds of pratikraman.
There are instances where a man will oblige everyone else
but in his home he behaves badly, so here he has to do
pratikraman. Pratikraman has to be done wherever things
bother you, but everyone’s pratikraman is different. When
anything bothers you, you will realize that you are the one at
mistake. Won’t it bother you until you do pratikraman for it?
Questioner: It used to bother me a lot.
Dadashri: It bothers you because of past mistakes. We
are bound by our mistakes. Whether the bondage is of raag
(attachment) or dwesh (abhorrence), you have to do
pratikraman for it. If the other person is gentle and
straightforward, then you can ask him directly for his forgiveness;
even that will clear your account.
When Both the Parties Do Pratikraman
If you have done atikraman towards someone, then all
day you should do pratikraman in his name. When both the
parties do pratikraman, they can become free of mistakes much
quicker. If you both do five thousand pratikramans or more,