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[13] Liberation from Artadhyan and Raudradhyan
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Questioner: So is this all an illusion?
Dadashri: No. It is not an illusion. All this suffocation is bound to arise. This happens when there is a lot of interference (dakho) of karma. What occurs if there is a dust storm here? You will not be able to see beyond it, will you?
Questioner: So they are all veils?
Dadashri: These are all mohaniya karma (karma of illusory attraction). Whatever karmas were filled, they come out as they dissipate.
Now You have to get your work done! Keep doing pratikraman. That is the only solution and cure for such karma. You (the Self) have nothing to do with it and, therefore, mahatmas do not have any artadhyan. The Atma does not have artadhyan and raudradhyan. Our mahatmas do not experience any artadhyan and raudradhyan at all because they are Shuddhatma. They are not the name or the form.
Questioner: What should we do if the results of previous artadhyan and raudradhyan come into effect now?
Dadashri: That is exactly what will come forth, will it not? But now you can let go of them through Gnan. In those days, you could not let go because you did not have Gnan. Now You can become free from them because of Gnan. That is why you have to do pratikraman. You did not do pratikraman in those days. You have incurred apratikraman mistakes (mistakes of not doing pratikraman). The entire world has arisen as a consequence of this very mistake. Freedom begins from the moment one starts to do pratikraman.
When Does One Bind Karma After Gnan?
Questioner: After taking Gnan, if artadhyan and raudradhyan occur, knowingly or unknowingly, and at that moment, if the mahatma repents and does pratikraman, then
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will he bind new karma?
Dadashri: You will not bind any karma if you do pratikraman. Do you do pratikraman every time?
Questioner: I immediately do pratikraman.
Dadashri: And are you 'Chandulal' or are you 'Shuddhatma'?
Questioner: I am Shuddhatma.
Dadashri: Then there is no problem. There is no problem if you do pratikraman.
Questioner: If I became nimit of raudradhyan and did not do pratikraman, and the entanglement remains, then did I bind karma?
Dadashri: When is karma bound? It gets bound when darshan (the knowledge of being the Soul) changes. When darshan changes, or when the faith is shaken up; otherwise, you will not bind any karma. Nothing will happen to the one whose conviction of being the pure Soul does not falter. (230)
Questioner: So there is no time limit, is there? The Limit, such as the karma, will be bound within a certain time?
Dadashri: When does karma get bound? When the conviction (pratiti, 'I am pure Soul') becomes shaken up and unsteady. What occurs when you mix salt and sugar together?
Questioner: Everything changes.
Dadashri: Then all the karma will be bound. So let sugar be sugar and let salt be salt. Therefore, conviction must not be tainted or spoiled. No stain must ever fall on the conviction (I am pure Soul).
Adverse Meditation is an Effect; Wash It Off with Pratikraman
Dadashri: Now artadhyan and raudradhyan cannot
