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[25] Understanding the Principles of Pratikraman 491 Questioner: Then what is the need for pratikraman? Why is the need there to enter the relative again? Dadashri: But the ‘stain’ of pain caused to that person remains on our relative, does it not? You are not to keep the relative stained. You will have to remove the stain eventually. You have to make this ‘cloth’ (non-Self complex) clean, do you understand? You will have to leave this cloth (non-Self complex) in a clean state (before Your liberation). There is nothing wrong with kraman. Kraman is that which occurs without kashay. There is nothing wrong; when it gets dirty on its own, there is no problem. If it suddenly gets stained due to atikraman, then you have to wash off the stain immediately. Questioner: So it is imperative to keep the relative clean, is that so? Dadashri: Not like that. The relative will get old. There is nothing wrong with the cloth getting old with kraman. But if it stains suddenly, then it goes against you. So you must remove that stain. Hence, do pratikraman if such atikraman occurs. And that occurs only sometimes, not every day. And if pratikraman does not occur, then it is not a big mistake. But, it is better to do pratikraman. Questioner: If atikraman is not under our control, then how is it that we have control over pratikraman? (466) Dadashri: Atikraman is not under your control. Pratikraman, it is the cautionary warning that comes from pragnya shakti of the Self (chetan) that resides within. It is that energy that cautions. The Science of Akram in Operation Questioner: Then who does the pratikraman? Dadashri: The one doing atikraman is made to do

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