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Pratikraman
in your karmic account.
Seeker: What occurs if we go to collect money that is
owed to us?
Dadashri: He will give you two more insults. And if you
ask him why he gave you only two insults, why not three, four
or even one, he will tell you, ‘You think I have nothing better to
do?’ Therefore, everything is in accordance to the natural justice.
So deposit it in your karmic account. You should not retaliate
in return, but if you do, then do pratikraman.
You have no right to physically punish your child. You only
have the right to explain things to him. If you spank your child
and fail to do pratikraman, you will bind negative karma.
Pratikraman is necessary here. The spanking is due to the
wrong nature of the prakruti (the mind, speech and body
complex being the relative-self). It is kashays (inner weaknesses
of anger, pride, deceit and greed) which lead to the spanking,
but if you remember my words, ‘Do pratikraman,’ after you
have spanked him, and if you do pratikraman, you will
immediately erase the mistake. It is possible to erase it
immediately.
Who is Exempt from Doing Pratikraman?
Dadashri: How many pratikramans do you do?
Questioner: Not even one.
Dadashri: So then how many atikramans do you do?
Wherever there is atikraman, you always have to do
pratikraman. There is no need for pratikraman if there is no
atikraman. ‘I am Chandubhai’ is atikraman. However, for the
sake of worldly interactions, this is pardoned. But does anyone
get hurt because of you? If not, then there is no atikraman. If
during the course of your day you hurt anyone, this is atikraman
for which you should do pratikraman.
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