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518 Pratikraman ‘Hey, you! You have no sense.’ Questioner: We, too, feel joy when You scold us. Dadashri: That way, some people’s atikraman will give happiness to others. The Beauty and Exactness of Akram Vignan Questioner: Many times, a lot of churning occurs in the mind. Dadashri: You have to keep ‘seeing’ it. (490) Questioner: Then I do pratikraman and the problem starts all over again. Dadashri: Keep ‘seeing’ also the one who is doing the pratikraman. As much of the continuous state of knowledge-vision (gnan-darshan) that accumulates, that much conduct (charitra) of the Self will arise. Now, where will that experience (anubhav) arise? By ‘seeing’ discharging illusory effect (charitra moha), the experience of the Self (anubhav) occurs. So the experience ‘sees’ everything that ‘Chandubhai’ is doing. Questioner: What about a bad thought that arises when I am ‘seeing’ the charitra moha (discharge) of ‘Chandubhai’? Dadashri: A bad thought that arises is also charitra moha. Questioner: Does it go away merely by ‘seeing’ it continuously, or do I have to do pratikraman for it? Dadashri: Pratikraman is not to be done. Pratikraman is for when after everything is over, and You feel that atikraman has occurred, then You tell ‘Chandubhai’, ‘Do pratikraman.’ You (the Self) do not have to do it; the one who did the