Pratikramana Full Version

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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[4] How Amazing is the Awareness of the Gnani Purush!
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Questioner: When we speak the truth, when we tell the other person something openly and he feels bad, then why should we do pratikraman for it?
Dadashri: No one can tell the truth. No one has yet been born in India who can tell the truth. How can one tell the truth? That truth is according to one's own understanding, but it is wrong according to the other's understanding.
I do not see anyone doshit (at fault). This speech that comes out is always associated with pratikraman. "This should not be so - that is the opinion 'we' have, and it is separate from the speech. How do 'we' see? 'We' see them flawless (nirdosh) but why does the speech come out as it does? There should not be any avarnavaad - to not say as it is. 'We' should remain silent (maun). Now if 'we' remain silent, you will not realize what occurred, and that too cannot be called the truth. This cannot be the truth.
Except for Shuddhatma, Everything is Untrue
Questioner: What should I do if the other person takes it wrong through his understanding?
Dadashri: All of these so called truths that you come across are relative truths; they are false. They are right according to the way of the world, but if you want to go to moksha, then they are all wrong. Pratikraman should be done for each and every thing. You should do pratikraman even for saying, 'I am a spiritual teacher (acharya), because this is a wrong belief. In reality you are pure Self.
Therefore, everything is all wrong. Do you understand
this?
Questioner: Yes, I do indeed.
Dadashri: Everything is false. Because people do not understand, they say, 'I am telling the truth.' Hey, you! If it were
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the truth indeed, then it would not offend anyone.
What is the Definition of True Speech?
When I speak here, is there anyone who is ready to speak against what I say? Is there ever any dispute? Do they all not continue to listen when I speak? They do not dispute it, do they? That is the truth. That speech is the truth and it is Goddess Saraswati (Goddess of speech). Any speech that creates dispute is wrong, exactly wrong!
Otherwise, one would say, 'Shut up. You have no sense.' So that person is wrong, so is the one doing the talking and so are the others listening. The listeners may not say anything but they are all wrong too. (76)
Questioner: But the unfolding of our karma is such that the other person believes us as being wrong. Even though what we say is the truth, completely correct. We tell him, 'I did not do it,' but he still insists, 'No. You only did this!' so is that the unfolding of our own karma? That is why he sees us as wrong, is it not?
Dadashri: It is never the truth. No man can tell the truth; it is always untrue. The truth is that which the other person accepts. Otherwise, it is the truth according to one's own understanding. People will not accept as truth what you believe to be the truth.
So the Lord declared who speaks the truth; it is one with vitarag speech! What is vitarag speech? It is speech that will be accepted by the speaker and the listener. It is speech that is with the intent of hurting no one. Otherwise, all speeches are associated with attachment-abhorrence (raag-dwesh). They are lies, cunning falsehood and worthy of being thrown in jail! Can there be any truth in it? Speech with attachment cannot be the truth. Do you think that there can be any truth in that? When 'we' scold anyone here, their soul will accept it. There is no