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[1] The True Nature of Pratikraman
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negative feelings arise towards him. If you feel that he is worthless
or deceitful, you have to do pratikraman. You do not have to
do pratikraman if you have no ill feelings towards him or if you
feel obligated to him for being instrumental in the discharge of
your karma.
If anyone insults you, it is due to your very own karmic
account and you should see the other person as a nimit. Even
when your pocket gets picked, the pickpocket is a nimit who
is settling your own karmic account. Generally, people blame
the nimit and that is the cause of all conflicts.
Walking in the Wrong Direction is Atikraman
In your daily worldly interactions when you do something,
you will know that you did something wrong against such and
such a person, won’t you? The worldly interactions you carry
out are kraman. Kraman means worldly interactions
(vyavahar). Now if you have a misunderstanding with someone,
you will realize that you used harsh words towards the other
person or that you behaved wrongly towards him. Will you not
know that? All that is called atikraman.
Atikraman is to walk in the wrong direction, and to walk
back the same distance in the right direction is pratikraman.
It is Erased Immediately in This Way
Where there is conflict, there is no pratikraman and where
there is pratikraman, there is no conflict.
Give to others what you would like to receive yourself
and for that, you will bind merit karma (punya). A person cannot
take one word of insult and yet he hurls five insults towards
others. It is a grave liability to give to others what you do not
like yourself. It should not be so. And if someone uses curse
words towards you, it is in accordance with natural justice. Do
not ask him why he is doing so. You should accept it as a credit