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Pratikraman
Pratikraman
and it is because of your own karma, which is unfolding, that you are brought together with him. The fault is your own and you must do pratikraman if you harbor any negative feelings towards him. You do not have to do pratikraman if you have no ill feelings towards him or if you feel a sense of obligation to him for being instrumental in the discharge of your karma.
not done atikraman.
(P.8) Questioner: When I see injustice in daily life, it upsets me, what should I do if this affects the way I interact with others? How should I repent if there is any injustice on my part?
Dadashri: You should do alochana (confession), pratikraman (repentance) and pratyakhyan (resolve never to repeat the mistake). This should be done in the presence of whichever God you believe in. Which God do you believe in?
When a person is unpleasant or abusive towards you, you should look upon the incident as being your own account and see him as an instrument. Even a pickpocket would be an instrument to settle your karmic account. All disputes arise because people blame the instrument. Atikraman is to walk on the wrong path and pratikraman is to retrace your footsteps.
(P.6)
Where there is discord there is no pratikraman and where there is pratikraman, there is no discord.
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.
(P.7)
It is atikraman even to say, "I am Chandubhai", but it is acceptable for the ease of worldly and social interactions. If you do not hurt anyone it is not called atikraman. If during the course of your day you hurt someone, it would be atikraman for which you must do pratikraman.
Questioner: Lord Shiva.
Dadashri: So Lord Shiva should be your witness when you repent. Your alochana should be that having recognized your fault, you do not wish to repeat it. You must repeatedly repent. If you err, you must repent. In so doing, your wrong deeds will decrease. You may cause injustice although you may not wish to. This can be attributed to the faults of prakruti (inborn nature), and the fault in your prakruti stems from your previous life, not from this life. Today you want to improve, but because of your previous causes, these faults continue to occur and they will not leave without harassing you. For this, you must continuously do alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan.
(P.10) Questioner: What is the solution when one has to tolerate and endure a lot of things?
Dadashri: You should tolerate and not complain either. Tolerate with equanimity, without cursing the other person in your mind. In fact you should consider the other person as obliging you for releasing you from the bonds of your previous karma and thank him. You should feel an obligation towards him. No one suffers without a reason. Your suffering is the result of your own past karmas.
This is the science of the Vitarag. Atikraman takes you to a birth in the lower life forms, namely the animal kingdom or even hell, and pratikraman transports you to a higher life form. Only pratikraman will help you until you attain final liberation.
Who does not need to do pratikraman? The one who has
