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[25] Understanding the Principles of Pratikraman
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black hair and white hair.
Questioner: Tell us how you do pratikraman, please.
Dadashri: Alas, you cannot find its method. After attaining
Gnan, and until the intellect (buddhi) goes away, do not try to
look for the method. You should continue to climb on your own;
whatever progress you make, that much is good.
Questioner: We do not want to look for the method; we
just want to know, Dada.
Dadashri: No, but that method can never be found. When
everything has become ‘clean,’ where everything is ‘clear,’ what
else remains to be done there? On the one hand a mistake is
being made, and on the other hand it is being washed off. Here
there is no other interference. Elsewhere, everything is ‘unclear’
– there are piles and piles of dirt and rocks lying around; that
is not acceptable. Nevertheless, now that You are beginning to
‘see’ the dirt on the road, understand that you will reach your
destination. What is the problem now that You are able to ‘see’?
Questioner: No, I simply asked because I wanted to
know.
Dadashri: As long as You can ‘see’ your mistake, realize
that your work is done.
When a person from Bhadran comes, I may even say to
him, ‘Your uncle was like this.’
Questioner: It is different for You.
Dadashri: No. No matter how different it is for ‘us,’
‘we’ still have to do pratikraman for the other person, for that
mistake. ‘We’ cannot let even one word slip by because he is
God. What do you think? Should a person stop backbiting and
criticize negatively (ninda)?
Questioner: A person would not do ninda (backbiting)