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[3] These Are Not Lord Mahavir’s Pratikramans
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Parrot-like Pratikramans Are Useless
Questioner: How much truth is there in the Jain sectarian
pratikraman and samayik?
Dadashri: None whatsoever. Doing pratikraman in the
Maagdhi language (language spoken during the time of Lord
Mahavir 2500 years ago) is like a parrot repeating, ‘Ram…Ram’
(the Lord’s name). Is the parrot going to go to moksha by
simply repeating, ‘Ram, Ram?’ When we do pratikraman in
the Maagdhi language, our state is like that of the parrot.
Questioner: In the sectarian pratikraman, one has to do
that, Dada, does he not?
Dadashri: No, no. Why should you follow someone who
is on the wrong path? Are you a parrot? Our birth is that of a
human being. Anyone that does anything without understanding
is like a parrot. What am I telling you here? First understand,
and then sing with me. This human birt h is for the purpose of
understanding. Maharaj (Jain guru) keeps reciting in the Maagdhi
language; neither the maharaj nor his followers understand any
of it. Each one of them a parrot! Ram…Ram!
They do pratikraman but what is their pratikraman like?
The doer of pratikraman does not know anything; and the one
that makes them do it does not know anything either, as to what
it is all about. Have you done such pratikraman? You did? You
cannot understand it, right?
What can we consider as real pratikraman? It is that
which decreases your faults. How can it be called pratikraman
if your faults increase? The Lord did not say for us to do it this
way. The Lord has said to do pratikraman in a language that
can be understood. Do pratikraman in your own language;
otherwise you will not reap any benefits from it. The Jain
pratikraman rituals are being done in the Maagdhi language.
Now what good does it do for people who do not even