[ 25 ] Understanding the Principles of Pratikraman 497
We Have To Do Pratikraman for This
When I go to Aurangabad , all the ministers , members of parliament and M . L . A . ( member of legislative assembly ), they all came to visit me . Now , when they come , I have to do everything . One will say , ‘ I am a M . L . A .; I want to increase my fame in this way , so please do a vidhi for me !’ Now the man may have no substance whatsoever ; there is nothing within ! He is not even worthy of being given a job !
Questioner : In plain language , they have the intellect of a bull .
Dadashri : What can ‘ we ’ do ? But , if ‘ we ’ say something like this , then ‘ we ’ have to do pratikraman ; ‘ we ’ have no choice ! There is no way out . ‘ We ’ would never say such a thing but ‘ we ’ do pratikraman afterwards . What else can ‘ we ’ do ? Even this karmic stock has been stored and that is why it comes out , does it not ? Would it come out otherwise ? In return ‘ we ’ have to do pratikraman for it ; ‘ we ’ have no choice ! It is not acceptable for ‘ us ’ not to . Such irresponsible conduct is not acceptable from anyone .
The Cause , The Effect And The Effect of Effect
The consequences of actions ( kriya ) are not to be received in the future . The consequence of the inner intent ( bhaav ) will be received in the future . The consequences of action are received here and now .
‘ We ’ also have to do pratikraman but it is on a very rare occasion . ‘ Our ’ subtle discharging karma ( dravya ) is also completely clean . Not a single kriya ( action ) of ‘ ours ’ can be criticized . They are all actions that win over people ’ s minds ( manohar ).
Questioner : None will warrant criticism or censure . Dadashri : They will not warrant criticism and they will