________________
[11] Purusharth Against Bad Qualities of Prakruti
219
220
Pratikraman
The Self is beyond suspicion and our mahatmas are in that state. This world is rotting away because of suspicion. Suspicion is demise of the world. One is going to die someday but why does he not have suspicion over that? Is he not going to die someday?
Questioner: One definitely knows that he is going to die.
Dadashri: But why does he not have suspicion over that? If he starts to have suspicion about his death, he immediately removes it. The moment he has suspicion, he gets rid of it. He feels very afraid. That is why it has to be removed. You have to pluck it out and throw it away. The moment it sprouts, you have to uproot it and throw it away. Pratikraman Destroys Karma by Seventy-five
Percent When one repents for any of his actions (karma), the effect - consequence of that is destroyed by seventy-five percent. Then when that karma unfolds, the effect will be very weak, like that of a cindered rope. The shape of the rope will remain intact but the moment you touch it, it will disintegrate. No action goes unrewarded. By doing pratikraman, that rope will be burned but its shape and design will remain intact. So what do you have to do in your next life? If you just touch it the cinders will blow away. In your next life, all you will have to do is shake off the ashes. In the path of Akram Vignan, All Actions are
Lifeless No action, once carried out will go away. But after attaining this Gnan, after separating the Self, all actions become near dead; dying (they will not create a new charge). They are all nischetan kriya - non-living actions; actions that do not have the support of the Self. Hence You are no longer responsible for them.
This is the science of Akram. There is no science despite living a complete worldly life, being completely immersed in
illusory attractions (moha), one attains moksha. Such is this science, Akram Vignan.
What does attaining moksha mean? In the Kramic path, the traditional step-by-step path, one climbs higher as he reduces his moha. And on that path even the gnanis will have worries. They are happy from within but on the outside they have worries. Here, 'we' do not have any external or internal worries at all. In this world it is not possible to have a worry-free life anywhere. This is only due to the glory of this Akram Vignan; thousands of people enjoy that state!
Pratikramans Begin to Decrease Dadashri: Do you have to do pratikraman now?
Questioner: We have to do pratikraman for sure, do we not?
Dadashri: Have they decreased now? There are not as many as before, are there?
Questioner: There are fewer now, but I do have to do them.
Dadashri: Alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan is the only tool to attain moksha; there is no other. Karma will continue to occur even if you do not want it to.
Questioner: Karmas come and get stuck in our throat!
Dadashri: Yes, they will. That is the rule of karma. You will know that atikraman has occurred. If you are not able to settle with equanimity, atikraman will occur. What do you do when you do atikraman?
Questioner: I do pratikraman.
Dadashri: Good, in that sense you are very shrewd. You are as shrewd on the inside as you are on the outside. You are so shrewd that you have made sure that you do not bind any
