Pratikramana Freedom Through Apology and Repentance

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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Pratikraman
Pratikraman
10. When Conflicts Arise
Dadashri: That is a subtle conflict.
Questioner: Does it have anything to do with the mind? Does verbal conflict also come under subtle?
Questioner: Do we need to do pratikraman more often or would it suffice to do it just once, for the karma created during a prolonged period of conflict where there was an exchange of a lot of words?
Dadashri: Do as many individual pratikramans as you can, and then do collective pratikramans. If too many pratikramans accumulate, do them all at once. "Oh Dada Bhagwan, I am doing the pratikraman simultaneously for all the faults I have committed". Then it will be all over.
(P.166)
I guarantee that you will attain full liberation in only three lifetimes, provided that you stop the conflict with others. If the conflicts occur, you must do pratikraman. Conflicts occur between two pudagals (effective complexes of thoughts, speech and acts) and these conflicts can be dissolved with pratikraman.
If the other person is dividing then you should be *multiplying', so that there will be no remainder. To blame others for saying anything to you that hurts you, is your fault. Why do you not blame the wall when you bump into it?
Questioner: Give me an example of gross, subtle, very subtle and the extremely subtle forms of conflict. What is a subtle conflict?
Dadashri: Subtle conflict for example would be that which you have with your father.
Questioner: Like what? Dadashri: Do you fight? Questioner: No.
Dadashri: No verbal is gross conflict. Subtle conflict is that which the other person cannot see.
Questioner: How can we avoid such subtle conflicts?
Dadashri: First you must tackle the gross conflict, then the subtle, then the very subtle and finally the extremely subtle conflicts.
Questioner: What is an example of a very subtle conflict?
Dadashri: This applies only to the one who is SelfRealized. If you slap someone and a person who is Self-realized happens to witness it, The Self realized person maintains the awareness of the Self, and sees that it was vyavasthit for the other person to receive the slap. If even for an instant he sees you or the other person as being at fault, this would be considered a very subtle fault or conflict.
Questioner: Please explain that to me again. I did not understand.
Dadashri: For you who have taken this Gnan of the Self, to see faults of others is an example of very subtle conflict or fault.
Questioner: So when we look at others' faults, it is very subtle conflict?
Dadashri: No that's not it. Very subtle conflict is to see others' faults, even when you have attained the conviction through Gnan that no one is at fault. How can you see faults in person when he is in reality the pure Self? You should have an awareness