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(18] He Who Conquers Sexuality is the Emperor of the World 333
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Pratikraman
That is sheer foolishness; you are not to do that. If it occurs for you, you should simply avert your eyes and if it occurs again, then do pratikraman. Do not forsake even a minute's worth of pratikraman in this matter. Mistakes associated with your eating and drinking habits are inconsequential, as compared to those of sexuality. Sexuality is the worst disease for the one who wants freedom from worldly life. Bondage to the worldly life exists because of sexuality.
You have to be wise and get your work done. If you buy goods from the black market, you will have to sell it on the black market, but you have to tell 'Chandubhai' to do pratikraman for it. Before, he did not do pratikraman and because of that, he has filled ponds and ponds of karma. Doing pratikraman means it is cleansed. When you do five hundred to a thousand pratikraman a day; that is when you will get your work done. You Can Never Take What is Not Rightfully
Yours If you take what is rightfully yours, you will be born as a human being, but if you violate this rule and take what is not rightfully yours, you will be born in the animal kingdom.
Questioner: I have taken something which has not been rightfully mine.
Dadashri: You should do pratikraman for that. The Lord (within) will still save you. You can still go into the Jain temple (derasar) and repent. As long as you are alive, you should continue to repent for taking things that were forbidden to you (illicit sex). Repent as long as you remain in this body.
Questioner: What occurs with just repenting?
Dadashri: If you have the understanding for it, then go ahead and do it. It is your choice whether to listen to what the Gnani Purush tells you or not. If you do not listen to Him, then
there is no other solution.
Even now, if you repent, the karmic knots and tubers will loosen. When you made the mistake, you did it with your approval and pleasure and for that you have bound karma for a life in hell. It is one thing to take that which is forbidden, but if it is done with pleasure, one is bound for hell. But if he repents for it, it will take him to a life in the animal kingdom. One will have to suffer the horrors of hell. So take and enjoy as much as you want from people, that which is forbidden to you!
Questioner: What is the best solution to be free from all this?
Dadashri: Repent for anything that you have taken from others that was not yours by right. Repent all day. You cannot take what is not yours. It is only good if it is for you. You have your own wife, your own children, your own home, etc. So why should you take anything that belongs to others? Then you have no choice but become an animal; then you become worthy of a life in hell. You are trapped in grave misery. If you want to take heed, there is still time to do so. What this Gnani Purush is saying is that you have been given a weapon called repentance. Keep doing pratikraman.
(318) Dear Lord, I ask for forgiveness for the mistakes I have committed through misunderstanding and malicious intellect (buddhi), encouraged by kashays.'
You have done all this at the instigation of your kashays; You have not done them yourself. You are still free to continue doing them if you want to, and if you don't want to, then it is also up to you. Intense Greed Causes Grave Karmic Veils
One can become free if he sets aside all the things that tempt him, and does not think about them; and when he does think about them, he does pratikraman for them. However,
