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lead you to the path ahead." But how have people interpreted the meaning of pratikraman? There is a road sign showing the 'Way to Santa Cruz', but here one keeps saying 'Way to Santa Cruz. Way to Santa Cruz', while sitting in Dadar. In doing this, the actual process of going Santa Cruz is set aside and he becomes intoxicated with trying to go to Santa Cruz'.
People have not understood pratikraman in countless past lives. They have never stopped to think about what they are doing and they keep talking about Lord Mahavir's pratikraman, without understanding it. It has become a meaningless routine. Pratikraman removes the stains of atikraman
Dadashri : What do you do when you have tea stains on your clothes?
Questioner: I would wash it off immediately?
Dadashri : You are so particular here about washing the stain right away because you know that the stain will set in, but you do not know about the stain that is left within. Atikraman means creating stains and pratikraman means washing them off. Those who do not have any stains do not need any pratikraman. The Gnani Purush does not need to do pratikraman.
People are quick to wash the tea stains off their clothes, they are never lax in that matter. Gnani however falls short in that matter, but never when it comes to the inner stains. The Gnani Purush does not have stains because He, 'cleans' and makes others do the same, whereas elsewhere they (the gurus) make others clean but they do not do the same and hence their stains remain. What happens when you do not know how to remove a tea stain? If you wash it with milk, the milk will leave a stain, and then if you wash it with oil, the oil will make that stain even stronger. What kind of pratikraman do people do today? They do dravya alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan as a kriya shown in the Jain scriptures. They simply recite these as a
pratikraman vidhi. No one does bhaav (internal charge) alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan (pratikraman is done with understanding. Pratikraman for specific faults: for hurting anyone). Yes they do bhaav pratikraman when it comes to tea stains (clothes)! True pratikraman is when it is done the moment the stain occurs. But people do not wash their internal stains right away, they let the stain set in and then they try to remove them. Do you think the stain is going to wait for you to wash it off before it sets in? No it will not.
When you raise your voice at someone and they feel hurt, you have to do pratikraman, because you did atikraman. You have to do pratikraman for any atikraman you do. Correct and precise procedure of pratikraman
Questioner : What does one do in pratikraman?
Dadashri : You have to recall the pure Soul within 'Chandulal' (the person you have wronged). The Soul which is completely separate from the union of the mind, body and speech, bhaav-karma, dravya-karma, no-karma; his and all attachment related to him and say, "Dear Shuddhatma Bhagwan (Lord: the pure Soul)! I ask for forgiveness for the mistake of raising my voice. I am making a strong resolution not to repeat that mistake again, so give me the energy (shakti) to do so." When you recall Dada or the Shuddhatma and admit your mistake, it is called alochana. Pratikraman is to apologize for that mistake and making a resolve not to repeat it is pratyakhyan. When you harm or hurt any living being, it is considered atikraman and for that you have to do alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan, immediately.
This path is a very easy path. You will be able to open all locks with the keys I give you. Never in any lifetime will you have the opportunity to come across such a circumstance. This is the unique and exceptional case of the Akram path. It is the eleventh wonder of this world, so get your work done. Your life
