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See the Fault, Do Not See Him As At Fault
Seeing mistakes of the others gives rise to worldly life (sansar) and 'seeing' your own mistakes gives you moksha. Questioner: It is natural to see the relative at fault, is it
not?
Dadashri: When is a person considered at fault (doshit)? He is at fault if his Shuddhatma (the Self) makes the mistake. But the Self is the non-doer. The Self cannot do anything. Everything that is occurring is a discharge; it is the unfolding effects of the past life's karma and you consider him to be at fault (doshit). You should do pratikraman for seeing him at fault. As long as you see any living being at fault, understand that purification has not occurred completely; until then, the knowledge is relative and sense-oriented (indriya gnan).
By Conviction Faultless, By Conduct at Fault
A person may appear at fault based on the discharging karmic stock. But your mind should not hold this impression. You should see him as faultless (nirdosh).
Questioner: It is absolutely resolved in my unflinching determination (nischay) that the whole world is flawless.
Dadashri: That is called your 'conviction' (pratiti). It has come into your conviction that the world is flawless, but how much of that is your experience (anubhav)? It is not that easy. You can say that it has come into your experience when mosquitoes, bedbugs and snakes surround you and attack you, and You 'see' them as flawless. Nevertheless, at least it should remain in your conviction that they are faultless. When you see a mistake in anyone, it is your own mistake; you verily are at fault and for that you must do pratikraman. In 'our' conviction and experience, the world is flawless and the same is evident in
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Pratikraman
'our' conduct (vartan, charitra). You, however, do not have the same experience. You still see mistakes in the world. You have to do pratikraman when someone does something wrong to you because you see him as being at fault, do you not?
Questioner: If I do pratikraman afterwards, is that not considered a conviction (pratiti)?
Dadashri: But in the beginning, he is looked upon as the one at fault (doshit), and that is why you have to do the pratikraman, do you not?
Questioner: Yes, I have to do pratikraman afterwards.
Dadashri: But that is because you see him at fault, is it not? That means flawless vision (nirdosh) has not become fully established within, has it?
Questioner: But pratikraman can only be done if the conviction of flawlessness (nirdosh) has become established, is that not so? (412)
Dadashri: But keep 'seeing' the one who sees the fault. Atikraman Decreases As Awakened Awareness Increases
Questioner: As the awakened awareness (jagruti) becomes more continuous, pratikraman decreases by that much.
Dadashri: Pratikraman is to be done only when a mistake occurs within, only if atikraman has occurred. It is not a rule that there is increased atikraman the day the awareness is greater.
Questioner: Does atikraman occur if one remains in the awareness of the pure Self (shuddha upayog)?
Dadashri: Yes, atikraman as well as pratikraman can occur in shuddha upayog.
