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Dadashri: Then do collective pratikraman for them. Questioner: How do I do that? What should I say?
Dadashri: Confess that you have committed so many arikramans and that you are doing pratikraman for them all collectively. Specify your topic. For example, address your mistakes related to hurtful speech or anger, etc., and for each topic say that you are doing collective pratikraman. Everything will be resolved this way. If you cannot complete your pratikraman, you will be able to do so later. Just do not procrastinate, or else you will forgo doing them all together. You do not need to complicate the matter.
Questioner: Again' means how many more lifetimes will it take?
Dadashri: One or two more lifetimes. It is all your responsibility, no one else's. "Chandubhai' did something wrong - and so You tell 'Chandubhai' that he did atikraman and so he has to do pratikraman. You have to make him do the *washing.' 'You stained the cloth and so you do the washing.'
Questioner: Dada, this is a chore and a lot of work for 'Chandulal,' so he will avoid doing pratikraman. Therefore, upayog will not remain.
Dadashri: That (doing pratikraman) verily is applied awareness (upayog).
Questioner: Then awareness cannot be maintained if atikraman continues to occur the whole day.
Dadashri: That, itself, is the applied awareness (upayog). Questioner: What applied awareness is that?
Dadashri: That is pure (shuddha) applied awareness (upayog).
Questioner: But what about the atikraman that occurred?
Dadashri: Yes, but making him do pratikraman is shuddha upayog (pure applied awareness).
Questioner: Pratikraman or the arikraman?
Dadashri: To make him do pratikraman for the atikraman he did, is shuddha upayog (pure, applied awareness). You have nothing to do with arikraman. You just have to know jaanyoo) that atikraman occurred, and pratikraman is shuddha upayog.
Questioner: Generally, what if in an hour, five to twentyfive atikramans occurred?
