________________
[24] Gnan Rescues Those Drowning in the River of ...
completely separate from that person's dravyakarma, nokarma and bhaavkarma, and do pratikraman.
Questioner: Do I have to say all this long sentence when I do pratikraman?
407
Dadashri: No, it is not necessary. Make it short. Make a phone call to the pure Soul of the opponent and say, 'I have made this mistake, please forgive me.'
Questioner: Even when doing shoot-on-sight' pratikraman, is there any need for one to sit still?
Dadashri: It is acceptable even if one does not sit still but does pratikraman; but it should be 'shoot-on-sight.' It should be done immediately after the mistake occurs. Otherwise, you may forget to do pratikraman.
Then It Will Not Stick To You in Your Next Life Questioner: How many pratikramans should one do in
a day?
Dadashri: As many as the number of mistakes that are made, not more. They should be 'shoot-on-sight' pratikramans. The moment any fault occurs, shoot it down. It will be shot down. Pratikraman can be done while you are drinking your tea or while taking a bath. Where there are bodily actions (dehadharma), functioning of the mind (mano-dharma) or functioning of the intellect (buddhi-dharma), the location also has to be considered. Ours is religion of the Self (Atma-dharma) and so it is not necessary to look into the relative; we can do pratikraman anywhere.
However many mistakes you destroy with pratikraman, that is how much closer you come towards moksha.
Questioner: Will those files not stick to us in our next
life?
408
Pratikraman
Dadashri: For what? Why worry about the next life? You should do all the pratikramans in this very life. Keep doing pratikraman every free moment you get.
So you have to keep making him ('Chandulal') do pratikraman. In the worldly life, tell him to do pratikraman whenever possible.
Pratikraman for the Family and Close Relatives
Moreover, pratikraman should be done for all the people in the home. Each day, do pratikraman for your father, mother, brother and sister, and even for your extended family members, because these are the people with whom you have very sticky accounts.
So if you do pratikraman for your family for one hour, starting from everyone close to you to the extended family and going back two to three generations, recall all of them and do pratikraman; thus you will destroy the most grave and serious faults. Their minds will be cleansed towards you. You should do this for all your close relatives. If you cannot sleep at night, you should do pratikraman in this manner. When you start doing pratikraman in this way, it will start a film. When that occurs, much bliss will arise - so much so, that it will overflow.
Questioner: Yes, that is true.
(388)
Dadashri: During the time of pratikraman, the Self is in complete, pure, focused awareness (shuddha upayog). There is no interference from anything.
Who does the pratikraman? 'Chandulal' does the pratikraman. And for whom does he do pratikraman? He does pratikraman for his whole family. He recalls all his extended family, to do pratikraman. The Self is the 'Seer' (jonaaro) of this process; the Self does nothing. There is no other interference and, therefore, much pure, focused awareness (shuddha upayog) remains.
