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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done. If there is any undue exchange, then you have to do pratikraman. The Lord has called this 'pratikraman of compassion.'
Flawless Vision Yet Flawed Speech
Now all these things that 'we' have to say like, "This is not proper'; having spoken that way means 'I' stepped out of syadvaad (that which is accepting of and acceptable to all) speech. Yet it has to be said in order to put people on the right path. But what does the Lord say? He says that this is proper and so is that. A thief stealing is right and it is also right when a person's pocket is picked. The Lord is vitarag; he would not meddle in this, whereas 'we' meddle in everything. This task of meddling has fallen upon 'us.'
Questioner: But that, too, is to remove all these 'diseases' from us, is it not?
Dadashri: Yes. It is to get people ready for liberation. The intent behind this is good. This intent of 'ours' is for other people; it is not for our self.
And along with that, it is 'our' conviction (pratiti) that no one is at fault. In 'our' conviction everyone is flawless (nirdosh). That conviction has completely changed and, therefore, 'we' speak this way knowing and believing that everyone is nirdosh.
Questioner: Do you say it with the understanding that one is flawless (nirdosh)?
Dadashri: Yes.
Questioner: Then why do you have to do pratikraman?
Dadashri: But I should not say those things, not even a word. How can anyone even speak such negative words? The other person is not here and is not being hurt. And you do not have any problem in believing that, as far as Dada is concerned,
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those people are flawless (nirdosh). Then why did Dada speak such harsh words? That is why I have to do pratikraman. There should be no harsh words.
Questioner: You always remain detached (vitarag), even when you are saying something, so why do you have to do pratikraman?
Dadashri: Because there is separation, 'I' (the Self) do not have to say it. It is to the one within, the one who says everything, that one has to do the pratikraman, and I tell him, 'Go ahead and do pratikraman.' And 'You' have the same. 'You' do not have to do the pratikraman. 'You' (the Self) have to tell 'Chandubhai' (the non-Self) to do it. 'You' do not have to do pratikraman; the one who did atikraman (wrong doing), has to do the pratikraman.
Questioner: How is the pratikraman for that mistake?
Dadashri: Pratikraman has to be done afterwards. The mistake is never about Gnan. 'We' may have been harsh towards someone who was going against syadvaad (acceptable of all and to all). Harshness would not occur when there is syadvaad in speech. This is syadvaad but not absolute syadvaad, is it? Therefore, when Keval Gnan occurs, there will be absolute syadvaad.
Absolute Vision Shows Mistakes
'Our' Gnan is non-contradictory and the speech is not absolutely syadvaad (acceptable of all and to all). Someone may get hurt in the process of speaking. Whereas this is not so with Tirthankars' speech; nobody will get hurt from their speech. A Tirthankar's speech is absolutely syadvaad. They speak without scolding anybody. They speak similarly, however, without hurting anyone.
Questioner: Your syadvaad speech is not absolute