Pratikramana Full Version

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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[3] These Are Not Lord Mahavir's Pratikramans
Pratikraman
contradictory
Dadashri: So if 'You' wish to do it, then You' (the awakened Self) have to tell "Chandubhai' (non-Self), "Go ahead and do pratikraman.' You have to do it this way. Do pratikraman for the major things. Do not get stuck with very subtle matters, because if you try to enter into subtle matters, you will miss the major ones. Will they not be left out?
Questioner: Yes, they will. Compassion for the Pratikraman of Tradition
It is like this. We were told to do pratikraman in a language the antahkaran (inner working components of the mind, intellect, chit and the ego) would understand. We don't have to criticize anything that these other people are doing. Whatever they are doing, it is good. At least they have a good intent behind it.
with extreme caution so as not to hurt any living being), starting from the first gunasthanak (qualities evident in the relative from progressively higher levels of spirituality) to the twelfth gunasthanak. What is iriyapathiki kriya? As long as the ego is present, there is iriyapathiki kriya. Therefore, there is no more iriyapathiki kriya once the state of kshayak-samkit is attained (Permanent conviction of the right belief, 'I am pure Soul). After kshayak-samkit, the ego no longer remains and thus there cannot be any iriyapathiki kriya.
Iriyapathiki action (pratikraman) means to do alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan for any wrongdoing that occurs when one goes out and does things as 'Chandubhai.'
After one's ego is gone, there is no such thing as 'action for him. There is action as long as the ego is present. The Kramic path means that the ego is present until the end, until one attains final liberation. There is no ego in this Akram path, it there? Did you understand some of it?
(66) Questioner: Yes, then we have to do pratikraman.
Dadashri: 'You do not have to do iriyapathiki pratikraman. You do that in the Kramic path. If in this Akram path you do the pratikraman, then it would prove that you are the owner of the body.
Questioner: That is right.
Dadashri: What occurs when 'You—the awakened one in Akram' become the doer?
Questioner: It means that it is being done with the understanding that, 'I am the body.'
Dadashri: That proves it. Questioner: With that proof, everything becomes
I am not blaming any ascetic or priests (sadhu or acharya) for it. What can anyone do if no one understands this?
They have a sincere intent of wanting to follow the Agnas of Lord Mahavir. At least they are ready to abide by the Lord's Agnas and whatever understanding they have of them. That is what we have to consider. If they do not have the understanding, the main thing is that their intent is good, and out of one hundred eighty-eight of them are ready to follow it for sure. So how can we call that path wrong? But the eighty-eight people cannot see a single fault of theirs. And they brag saying, "Yes, I only have a little anger,' but they will not admit that they make mistakes.
In India, there is no one who can make the statement, 'I experience moksha (liberation),' because if you were to provoke him a little, there would be an instant counter-attacking reaction. The moment you provoke him, he will show his fangs! Whereas here, if someone were to give a mahatma two slaps, he would