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and natural, is the attribute neither of the Self, nor of the non-
Self. Forgiveness is such a thing. People use that word in the
worldly life and they ‘give’ ‘forgiveness’; they do it through the
ego. It still is good. It is good to use it as a language to
communicate. Still it is a good, ‘ornamental’ word. A greater
man forgives the lesser. One will say, ‘Sir, please forgive him.’
He will say, ‘Yes, I forgive you.’ That is good – ornamentally.
However, forgiveness should be natural and spontaneous
(sahaj). Forgiveness is an attribute; it is something that is
naturally there.
I have met many such people, but still ‘we’ remain vitarag
(absolutely without attachment and abhorrence). He may
become obstinate and awkward but ‘we’ will remain vitarag.
If ‘we’ punish him, he may suffer the punishment but it will
leave a stain on ‘us,’ will it not? Even those who deserve
punishment for their karma have our forgiveness and that
forgiveness is spontaneous and natural. They do not have to
ask for forgiveness from ‘us’.
Wherever there is natural and spontaneous forgiveness,
there people become cleansed.
Wherever one has to say, ‘Sir, please forgive me,’ that is
the very place they become stained and dirty. Where one can
get sahaj kshama (spontaneous and natural forgiveness), there,
one can become very much cleansed.
Questioner: If one gets sahaj kshama from me, then he
does not need to do pratikraman, does he?
Dadashri: He has to do pratikraman. He will be hurt if
he does not. But ‘we’ ask for him to be forgiven. The Gnani
Purush asks Ambalal to forgive the offender. Sahaj kshama can
only be found with ‘us’; no one else can give it, can they? If you
do pratikraman for ‘me,’ then your obstructions on the path of
liberation will break. There is never a reason for anyone to do