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[25] Understanding the Principles of Pratikraman
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Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: If ‘Chandubhai’ were the doer, then the charging
would take place. So that question no longer applies. Do you
understand? Did you get a clarification to your question?
Questioner: If I do pratikraman, will I not charge a
new karma?
Dadashri: If the Self becomes the doer, only then will
karma be charged.
No New Credit or Debit after Gnan
Questioner: Is there a charging of the good karma, just
as there is charging of the bad karma?
Dadashri: No. Even bad deeds do not get charged after
Gnan. We do pratikraman when atikraman occurs during
discharge of past karma. Atikramans that were done in the past
are such that they hurt others now.
Questioner: Do I have to do pratikraman for the
attachment-abhorrence (raag-dwesh) that occurs during
discharge?
Dadashri: You have to do pratikraman for the discharge,
and there is no charging, so that is out of the question. So, for
‘us,’ there is no new credit or debit of karma.
If credit takes place, one will get a life in the celestial
world. If there is debit, one will spend a life in the animal world,
but that does not occur anymore for you mahatmas. But we are
talking about this current credit-debit, which is discharge; when
there is atikraman during that then you have to do pratikraman.
Correct Understanding of Doership
Questioner: Some individuals say that we have been given
a state of Shuddhatma – the pure Self. The Self does not do