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[1] The True Nature of Pratikraman
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Questioner: Please write this 'alochana, pratikraman, pratyakhyan' down for me. Help me get the confirmation from the Gnani Purush so that I can start doing alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan.
Dadashri: Yes, of course, you will have to do that! That you will learn here.
Oh! Pratikraman Even for That!
Questioner: Is pratikraman to be done only for seeing faults in others?
Dadashri: Not just for that, but also for telling lies or for doing something wrong. Pratikraman should be done if any transgression through thoughts, speech or acts is committed towards any living being. Pratikraman should also be done for violating any of the five mahavrats (the five supreme vows are ahimsa/non-violence; satya/truth; achaurya/non-theft; aparigraha/non-acquisitiveness and brahmacharya/celibacy).
Questioner: Why should I do pratikraman when the doer of the wrong is separate ('Chandulal')?
Dadashri: The Self is not doing pratikraman but the Self is making the one who makes the mistake (the relative self) do pratikraman. Pure Soul (Shuddhatma) does not do pratikraman.
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Every Religion Supports Pratikraman
The Highest Relative Religion
The highest and most profound element of the Jain religion is alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan. It is actually in other religions too, but what is it like there? There people ask for an overall general forgiveness. It exists in Islam, Christianity and other religions. The custom of asking for forgiveness has been going on everywhere, but the method shown by the vitarag Lords, the one of doing alochana, pratikraman, pratyakhyan in the presence of the guru, is very scientific. It gives instant results. (13)
In the other, by asking for forgiveness, one reduces the demerit karma (paap), that is all; whereas with this pratikraman, demerit karmas are eliminated completely.
The Lord (all enlightened Ones) has said that true relative religion is that of alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan. And these, too, have to be done instantly; they will not work if left pending. If you hurt someone, keep a mental note of it and then after doing alochana, do cash pratikraman and pratyakhyan. This is what the Lord calls relative and real (vyavahar and nischay) pratikraman. But who will be able to do this?
This instant, 'shoot-on-sight' pratikraman is only possible for the one who is Self-realized, and he is, therefore, able to see his own faults. However, if a person who has not attained Selfrealization also were to apply the principle of alochana,
