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is occurring is not right, so then we have to tell 'Chandulal,' 'Don't do this, and ask for forgiveness and say that you will not do it again.' He will ask for forgiveness but he will do the same thing again because it has become woven into his prakruti, has it not? But then 'You' have to keep on cleaning afterwards. Pratikraman for Stealing
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Dadashri: Do you get irritated with people? Questioner: I get irritated when I see mistakes in people
at home.
Dadashri: 'Chandulal' gets irritated, does he not? (152) Questioner: Yes, 'Chandulal,' of course!
Dadashri: And what about 'You'? Do 'You' not get
irritated?
Questioner: He is the one that gets irritated and he is also the one that suffers.
Dadashri: The one who gets irritated is bound to suffer, so then how much of a loss did You incur?
Questioner: A huge loss.
Dadashri: Is that so? You do not get the bhaav (inner intent) of hurting others, do you? You do not have bhaav to deprive others of money and other things, do you?
Questioner: No, I do not.
Dadashri: Do you feel like stealing from others?
Questioner: Stealing from others, how?
Dadashri: When you weigh the goods you sell, you put down greater weight than what you give.
Questioner: That happens on and off.
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Dadashri: Even now? Do you do pratikraman later on? Questioner: Sometimes I do, sometimes I do not.
Dadashri: Should you not pay attention? Instead of one hundred kilos, you charge for one hundred and one kilos, is that not stealing one kilo?
Questioner: What occurs if I do pratikraman for that?
Dadashri: It means You are not of that opinion. Today, that is not Your opinion. Today pratikraman is occurring with a great force, but You are not in agreement with the stealing. Today do you have the opinion of stealing?
Questioner: Absolutely not.
Dadashri: Therefore, when you do pratikraman, it shows that that is not your opinion today. It occurs due to forces of the past.
Questioner: Will the effect of this karma change in the
next life?
Dadashri: No. It is considered gone in this life, is it not? People of the world (those without Gnan) have the opinion of stealing and further solidify it by saying that it (stealing) is necessary. Whereas what do you feel?
Questioner: This should not be so.'
Dadashri: Therefore, you are headed north while others are going south. Here You are seeing the past nature of 'Chandulal.' How horrible it was, based on his actions of today! What was his past nature like?
Questioner: Extremely horrible! What should I do when I continue to see mistakes even after doing pratikraman?
Dadashri: You have to keep doing pratikraman over and over again. Otherwise, do collective pratikraman for all the
