Pratikramana Full Version

SR No.: 007553
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation
Publication Year: 2010
Total Pages: 333
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Akram Vigyan, & Paryushan
File Size: 40 KB

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[3] These Are Not Lord Mahavir's Pratikramans
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it, should he? His opinion should be to the contrary, should it
not?
Gnani Promotes the Vitarag Religion
People drink medicine that was meant only for external use and then they accuse the doctor of being incompetent. They will complain that the doctor did this or that and that he did not give them the right medicine, and that is why their son did not get better. Hey, you! How can your son heal when he drank the medicine meant for topical use? Would he not die from it? Topical medicine can be poisonous if ingested, can it not? Similarly, people have ingested the medicine that was meant for 'external use only' and thus they belittle the Jain religion.
How elevated is the Vitarag path and just look at how many divisions there are in it today! Some smart Alec came along and created a division and pulled away. Hey, you! You may have created a separate division, and you may find people who will praise you, but do you know who bears the ultimate liability? And it is all because you created the division, is it not?
Why did you start a separate cooking stove'? All the cooking was to be done on one stove, so why did you start another? Egotistic people will always create divisions.
Even here, with Dada's family and subsequent followers, after two to five generations, there will be divisions of all kinds. There will be revisionists.' I have cautioned everyone right now. I have cautioned them against becoming revisionists.' This is a science. Keep it alive. It will let you achieve your goal.
Lord Mahavir said it himself, 'My disciples will be obstinate (vaanka) and unaware (jada)'; that is always the rule, not just for this chovisi (succession of twenty-four Tirthankars in the third and fourth era of each of the time cycles) but for all the chovisis.
Is the Jain religion at fault here? It is because of the current
time cycle. Now this fifth era of the time cycle is always like it is. In every fifth era, there is an existence of a Gnani Purush. Otherwise, what would become of this world and the spiritual realm of the final Tirthankar? It will become a jungle. Therefore, there is always a presence of support of this kind or another. Once the support is there, things continue. The spiritual realm will shine. It will shine a lot.
The current spiritual realm is not fours. We are considered a decorative ornament of the current reign. What need do 'we' have for a realm? Why would 'we' take on the problem? This is considered Lord Mahavir's realm. A realm is befitting for a Tirthankar but not for 'us.' 'We simply give support to it.
This Gnan of ours' is simply the same Vignan (science of Self-realization). But it has arisen for people who have become entangled in nooks and crannies. At the moment, many people have become stuck in the little nooks. Not only the crooked nooks, but within that nook many little paths are going in all directions: so one cannot be easily found in it. So it is not easy to make Gnan reach these people in these deep pockets.
How straightforward is the Gnan of the Lord! This straight line and that straight line! It has north, north-west, south, and south-west, etc., but with exact approach and direction. Whereas with these nooks, there are nooks within the nooks within the nooks, and one goes around in circles and comes back to the same place again. That is why this traditional Kramic path has become useless. That is why this Akram Vignan has manifested.
Akram means there is no such thing as progressing one step at a time. One does not have to do anything in this path. In the presence of the Gnani Purush, all your demerit karma can be destroyed; that is how much energy there is in this Gnani. There is energy of all kinds here and yet the Gnani Purush does not want to become the owner of that realm. Why would he