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[25] Understanding the Principles of Pratikraman
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Questioner: Should the one who is blamed also do
pratikraman?
Dadashri: Yes, he too should do pratikraman by saying,
‘What mistake did I commit that caused him to accuse me?’
Nevertheless, the accuser is more at fault.
Questioner: Are new bhaavs (inner intents) not caused
by becoming tanmayakar (one with the discharge)?
Dadashri: Yes, everything carries a danger. Everything
gets washed off when you do pratikraman. Doing pratikraman
if one is not Self-realized binds merit karma (punya). The one
binding the karma is not the Self. Binding of merit (punya) or
demerit (paap) karma is all of the non-Self. When you deal with
them with equanimity (sambhav), it will decrease by that much.
After Gnan, You have to Continue ‘Seeing’
Questioner: After Gnan, if I insult someone and then I
feel I want to do it again, and I also do it, then I ‘see’ that
‘Chandubhai’ was the one who felt like doing it and that he did
it again, and I ‘see’ ‘Chandubhai’ doing it again. What is that
called? Is that considered ‘charging’ of karma?
Dadashri: Did You keep ‘seeing’ all that occurred?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: Then that is gone. You, the Self, have nothing
to do with it.
Questioner: When someone insults me, ‘I’ (the Self) feel
that ‘I’ should not insult him back. But ‘Chandubhai’ says no,
and that I should insult him and then he goes ahead and does it.
But even then, from within, ‘I’ feel it was wrong. ‘I’ continue to
‘see’ all that but ‘I’ (the Self) am not able to stop ‘Chandubhai.’
Dadashri: There is no problem with that. That is not
Your responsibility, but it is the responsibility of ‘Chandubhai.’