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[1] The True Nature of Pratikraman
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Pratikraman
negative feelings arise towards him. If you feel that he is worthless or deceitful, you have to do pratikraman. You do not have to do pratikraman if you have no ill feelings towards him or if you feel obligated to him for being instrumental in the discharge of your karma.
in your karmic account.
Seeker: What occurs if we go to collect money that is owed to us?
If anyone insults you, it is due to your very own karmic account and you should see the other person as a nimit. Even when your pocket gets picked, the pickpocket is a nimit who is settling your own karmic account. Generally, people blame the nimit and that is the cause of all conflicts. Walking in the Wrong Direction is Atikraman
In your daily worldly interactions when you do something, you will know that you did something wrong against such and such a person, won't you? The worldly interactions you carry out are kraman. Kraman means worldly interactions (vvavahar). Now if you have a misunderstanding with someone, you will realize that you used harsh words towards the other person or that you behaved wrongly towards him. Will you not know that? All that is called atikraman.
Dadashri: He will give you two more insults. And if you ask him why he gave you only two insults, why not three, four or even one, he will tell you, 'You think I have nothing better to do? Therefore, everything is in accordance to the natural justice. So deposit it in your karmic account. You should not retaliate in return, but if you do, then do pratikraman.
You have no right to physically punish your child. You only have the right to explain things to him. If you spank your child and fail to do pratikraman, you will bind negative karma. Pratikraman is necessary here. The spanking is due to the wrong nature of the prakruti (the mind, speech and body complex being the relative-self). It is kashays (inner weaknesses of anger, pride, deceit and greed) which lead to the spanking, but if you remember my words, 'Do pratikraman,' after you have spanked him, and if you do pratikraman, you will immediately erase the mistake. It is possible to erase it immediately. Who is Exempt from Doing Pratikraman?
Dadashri: How many pratikramans do you do? Questioner: Not even one.
Dadashri: So then how many atikramans do you do? Wherever there is atikraman, you always have to do pratikraman. There is no need for pratikraman if there is no atikraman. 'I am Chandubhai' is atikraman. However, for the sake of worldly interactions, this is pardoned. But does anyone get hurt because of you? If not, then there is no atikraman. If during the course of your day you hurt anyone, this is atikraman for which you should do pratikraman.
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Atikraman is to walk in the wrong direction, and to walk back the same distance in the right direction is pratikraman.
It is Erased Immediately in This Way
Where there is conflict, there is no pratikraman and where there is pratikraman, there is no conflict.
Give to others what you would like to receive yourself and for that, you will bind merit karma (punya). A person cannot take one word of insult and yet he hurls five insults towards others. It is a grave liability to give to others what you do not like yourself. It should not be so. And if someone uses curse words towards you, it is in accordance with natural justice. Do not ask him why he is doing so. You should accept it as a credit
