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[25] Understanding the Principles of Pratikraman
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You? It is ‘Chandubhai’ that has to do it.
Questioner: Why does ‘Chandubhai’ have to do it?
Dadashri: Why?
Questioner: When everything is in the form of discharge?
Dadashri: No. Pratikraman has to be done if your
conduct hurts anyone. If your action causes someone pain, then
you have to do pratikraman, otherwise you do not have do
anything.
Questioner: But this ‘Chandubhai’ is a discharge, is he
not? Then what is the need for pratikraman? I still do not
understand that.
Dadashri: Even pratikraman is a discharge. Saying,
‘What is the need for pratikraman?’ is also discharge.
Questioner: So when one thinks, ‘Why should I do so
many pratikramans?’ is that also a discharge?
Dadashri: That, too, is a discharge. Do not object to
pratikraman. If you say or do something that hurts someone,
do pratikraman. You should tell ‘Chandubhai’, ‘Do
pratikraman, and don’t behave in a way that hurts people.’
Questioner: If ‘Chandubhai’ becomes obstinate and says,
‘I do not want to do pratikraman’?
Dadashri: No problem. He will settle down in time, and
then make him do pratikraman. Make him do a big pratikraman
in the evening. If he becomes obstinate, then tell him to go to
sleep.
Why Do Pratikraman?
Questioner: Here in America, people immediately say,
‘Sorry,’ even when a mistake has been made unknowingly. Is
that saying ‘sorry’ something like pratikraman?