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mistakes. If you continuously see mistakes for fifteen minutes, then do collective pratikraman for those mistakes.
People say, 'We will adulterate the goods and then ask God to forgive us.' Now there is no one out there to forgive you. You (the relative self) have to ask for forgiveness and 'You' (the real Self) have to forgive. Lots and Lots of Pratikraman for Unethical
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If a person tells me, 'I don't care about religion but I want worldly happiness,' then I would tell him, "Be honest and ethical.' I would not tell him to go to the temple. I would tell him that giving to others is a Godly quality. To not take away something that belongs to others is a human quality. To be ethical and honest in this manner is the highest religion. Dishonesty is the best foolishness. Just because I am not able to be honest, does that mean I have to jump in a lake? My Dada has taught me to do pratikraman whenever I am dishonest.' Your next life will become pure. Know and accept dishonesty as dishonesty and repent for it. The one that repents is honest for sure.
pending. Just as we have cash in the bank, the payment they make is also in the form of cash.
How Can the Obstacles Be Stopped?
If a man goes to his boss for his permission and the boss refuses, he will begin to have negative thoughts about his boss; *My boss is worthless. He is like this...he is like that!' Now he does not realize the consequences of his negative thinking. So if he turns his negative inner intent (bhaav) around by doing pratikraman; that is what 'we' call awareness.
I will explain to you how obstacles in life come about. If you call a person that works for you an idiot, it becomes an obstacle for your own common sense. Now tell me - this is how obstacles are created, and everyone in the worldly life has fallen into this trap and their human life goes to waste. You have no right to tell anyone they have no sense. If you do this, that person may retort by calling you an idiot and create an obstacle for himself. Similarly, if you call someone unworthy, you are creating an obstacle for your own self worth. Now tell me, how can this world be saved from such obstacles? If you do pratikraman immediately, then you will be able to wash away these obstacles before they become impossible to remove.
Pratikraman for Scolding Your Workers
Questioner: In my work, in order to accomplish certain deadlines, I have insulted and mistreated many people.
Dadashri: You should do pratikraman for them all. When you mistreated them, you were only fulfilling your duty. You did not do it for yourself, therefore, your intention was not bad.
Questioner: In that sense, I was a very bad person; many would have been hurt by me.
Dadashri: For that, you have to do a collective pratikraman that, "Owing to my strict nature, for whatever
One gives for charity, one earns money through dishonest means; it is all there. A solution is shown for that. If one has made money unethically, then what should one tell 'Chandulal' at night? Tell him, "Keep doing pratikraman over and over, and ask him, "Why did you make money unethically? So now do pratikraman.' Make him do 400 to 500 pratikramans a day. 'You' do not have to do them. Make 'Chandulal' do them. The one who does arikraman, make him do the pratikraman.
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If you have a disagreement with your partner, then you will immediately realize that you have said more than you should have and so you should immediately do pratikraman. Our pratikraman should be like 'cash payment'; it cannot be left
