Book Title: Pratikramana Full Version
Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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________________ [6] The Thorns Vanish and the Blossoms Remain 157 that your ticket for liberation has arrived. Generally, people, including prominent monks and religious teachers, cannot see their own mistakes. Inability to see one's own mistakes is the greatest of all shortcomings. This Science is such that it gives you an unbiased judgment by uncovering and disclosing all your mistakes. It uncovers them after they occur, but it uncovers them, does it not? Whatever happened has happened. That is different. If a train is moving at a fast speed, it can cause damage, can it not? But that is when you become aware, do you not? No one else can know. None of these monks (sadhus), recluse (sanyasis), spiritual teachers (acharyas), etc., know anything. They cannot tell when mistakes occur and they do not do 'shoot-on-sight' pratikraman. At times, they may realize that a little mistake has occurred. If the mistake is immense, then they will know that, "This is wrong.' But then, if someone comes and tells them, 'Maharaj, why did you do that to your disciple?" Then despite knowing that he has made a mistake, he will speak to the contrary, "You have no idea what that disciple of mine is like. That is exactly how he needs to be treated!" That is what he will say. On the contrary, he will say just the opposite. Where there is a hill, he will dig a hole. Do people do this in order to protect their ego? Questioner: Yes. Dadashri: He will do anything to protect his ego. All these famous monks or ascetics (sadhus, acharyas), everyone will do that because the ego has to be protected, right? Otherwise, who will he sleep with? He may not have a wife, but he likes to sleep with his ego, does he not? Therefore, that will be the first thing he will protect. [7] Business Transactions Become Pure Dadashri Has Made Mahatmas Free From All Liabilities Questioner: When we hurt someone mentally, it is considered an unjust act. If we are running a business, the merchandise is the same, but to make a greater profit, we increase the price. By doing that, we hurt the customers. Is that harmful to us? (147) Dadashri: If you increase the price, they will feel hurt. There is no problem if you do not increase the price. In all this, the pain (dukh) will arise if you do it as a doer. But if You understand vyavasthit, then the responsibility is not Yours at all. Understand and accept that vyavasthit is the doer. In reality, the responsibility is not Yours. I have placed You at such a stage that it ceases to be Your responsibility. Therefore, I have placed you in a state whereby You do not bind karma (create new cause) despite carrying out your karma (discharging the effect of past karma). Despite this, if your desire is, 'Even though I have been placed in a state of 'non-doership,' I am still able to 'do' everything,' and thus you become the doer, then there will be bondage of karma! This is only for those to whom I give Gnan; everyone else is in a state of 'doership' anyway. If one understands my Gnan and abides by the Five Agnas, then he will attain closure and settlement. Questioner: I am not the 'doer' but by taking part in that

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