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Pratikraman
state of God. There is beauty in each and every pratikraman, and lack of pratikraman (apratikraman) is a sign of ugliness.
Living Pratikraman
Doing alochana-pratikraman-pratyakhyan is to review the entire day. The more mistakes you 'see,' that much is the profit. That many pratikraman need to be done. The Mistake of Prakruti Prevents Pratikraman
Questioner: Should we do pratikraman collectively in a group?
Dadashri: That is not necessary. It is okay to do it on your own. You can do it in your mind or when you are trying to fall asleep.
What should the pratikraman be like? It should be alive.
This other (generally practiced pratikraman) is dead pratikraman. Not a single fault has gone away and, on the contrary, the faults have increased. The pratikraman have continued; people have been doing that other pratikraman for years and yet not a single fault has gone away. The One with Wrong Belief Now Becomes
Pratikraman Soul
Questioner: Pratikraman starts from the moment I wake
Questioner: Is it the fault of the prakruti that one is not able to do pratikraman, or is it due to some obstacle-causing karma (antaray karma)?
Dadashri: It is the prakruti's (non-Self's) fault. This is not prevalent in all situations. Sometimes this occurs and sometimes it does not. It does not matter if pratikraman is not done because of the mistake of prakruti, but the main thing is your inner intent (bhaav). All You have to do is to see your intention and nothing else. Everything else is not to be seen.' Do you wish to do pratikraman?
Questioner: Yes, absolutely.
Dadashri: In spite of this bhaav, if you are not able to do pratikraman, then it is the fault of the prakruti. 'You' are not liable for such a fault. Sometimes the prakruti will speak the sentences of the pratikraman vidhi and sometimes it will not. It is like a gramophone; the record may or may not play. That is not considered the karma of obstruction. Profound Pratikramans for Heavy-Duty Karma
Questioner: Despite making the firm resolution to settle a dispute with equanimity, why does clash still continue?
Dadashri: In how many places does that occur, a hundred or so? Questioner: No, in just one.
(352) Dadashri: Then the karma is very solid and strong (nikachit karma). And it is alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan that will wash away this type of karma. They will
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Dadashri: The soul within you has now become a *pratikraman-soul'; the pure Soul (Shuddharma) is there. Before, it used to be a "pratishthit-soul' - (the one with the wrong belief, 'I am Chandulal'). It has now become a "pratikraman-soul.' Other people have 'kashayi-soul' (prone to attachment and abhorrence). No one is able to do even a single pratikraman in this world.
As instant pratikraman occurs, the purification begins. When you do instant pratikraman against any arikraman, your mind and speech begin to purify.
Pratikraman is the roasting of the seed, which would have otherwise grown into a plant.
