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[9] Pratikraman in Varying Situations
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Dadashri: He is bankrupt (spiritually). Pratikraman was possible for you. His bankruptcy is of the ultimate kind; his is first in line to file such a bankruptcy, and so he can afford not to do pratikraman (!)
Questioner: Then a time comes when, if a person can see his own mistakes - when he makes a mistake, he will not rest until he does pratikraman?
Dadashri: It will take a long time for him to reach that state; there is still a very heavy karmic debt. He has not refrained from hurting anyone that comes across him. He has hurt whomever he met.
Questioner: So does one become 'bankrupt' when he hurts people?
Dadashri: Then what else? Bankruptcy is inevitable. Questioner: What kind of actions lead to bankruptcy?
Dadashri: Acts such as these; where one hurts others. He has not left anyone out, not even the parents. There has been an association with rogues and thugs in the past lives. So many lives have been spent doing just this, so he is only bound to be like that, and only continue to like that, is he not?
Questioner: Not anymore.
Dadashri: So many karmas were bound. Have you seen his height? The body is full of knots... the more the karma, the smaller the body; it is compressed.
Questioner: So what is the solution now? What else can he do if he cannot do pratikraman?
Dadashri: If he does it for a short time, he will slowly make headway.
Questioner: Except for pratikraman, there is no other solution at all.
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Dadashri: It may not be effective now, but if he continues to do it, it will gradually become effective.
Questioner: It will finally occur one day.
Dadashri: The speed to bring it to a conclusion is also the same.
Questioner: If this has been the case from a very young age, does that mean that he had made those bhaavs (inner intents) in his past life?
Dadashri: He made those bhaavs in the past life. To show off, he made the bhaav of, 'I will bully everyone...I will put fear in them...I will do this...I will do that...'
Questioner: What a grave wrongdoing it is to intimidate and scare people, isn't it?
Dadashri: He will realize that when the time comes. You realize that when someone intimidates you and what liability they are incurring. But wouldn't you realize it if you are doing the same?
Pratikraman for Abuse in Close Relationship
Questioner: I do not want to do anything to hurt him and yet I end up doing so. Give me such a blessing that not a single atom (parmanu; subatomic particle) of mine gets excited.
Dadashri: Today we will give you that blessing. You just have to keep on asking for forgiveness. You tormented him a lot in your past life.
Questioner: It occurs a lot. This is my big (karmic)
tuber.
Dadashri: Yes. You have to do something, do you not? Keep asking for his forgiveness, any free time you get, ask for his forgiveness and do his pratikraman, in short. You have done atikraman against him, hence you have to do pratikraman;
