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Pratikraman
The world is the science.
Not a Slightest Contradiction in This
Questioner: Your speech is dependent on the nimit and,
therefore, sometimes ‘Dada’ says to do pratikraman and
sometimes he says not to. So what is that?
Dadashri: ‘We’ will never tell you that there is no need
to do pratikraman. And if ‘we’ have ever said that, it is for the
circumstances that were of no significance. ‘Our’ speech is
circumstance-dependent.
Questioner: That is why this puzzle has arisen. (454)
Dadashri: No, there is no need to give rise to that puzzle.
And our statements are never one-sided and they are
dependent upon circumstances. They depend on the
circumstances of the other person.
Questioner: That is correct.
Dadashri: If a person is likely to get tired, ‘we’ would go
a little further and help him progress. If a person is tired, then
what will happen if ‘we” put the extra burden of pratikraman
on him? ‘We’ would tell him he does not need to do
pratikraman and that he may do something else. In this way,
‘we’ would help him move forward. So ‘we’ speak according
to circumstances. But ‘our’ main opinion is that ‘one has to do
pratikraman.’
Questioner: It is because the other person’s enthusiasm
does not die…
Dadashri: If he is doing just this much, he will not be able
to tolerate it if you give him the burden of pratikraman; then he
will drop everything. So ‘we’ have to say different things to
different individuals.
Therefore, if ‘we’ have said one thing once, and then