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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Pratikraman
Dadashri: It is like this: the instant 'we' utter a word, there is simultaneous pratikraman being done with fervor.
Questioner: But when you tell the truth about something, then why is pratikraman necessary?
Dadashri: No, I still have to do pratikraman. Why did I see someone's fault? Why did I see his fault even though he is flawless? Why did I criticize him despite this? Any truth that hurts others is not considered truth and should not be uttered. If uttered, this truth becomes a fault. It represents violence.
"We' do instant pratikraman. 'We have seen all the sadhus and acharyas as nirdosh (flawless). To 'us,' no one is at fault (doshit); even though 'we' say otherwise, to 'us,' no one is doshit. But because 'we' speak to the contrary, there is always instant pratikraman behind it. This is the result of the lack of four degrees necessary for Keval Gnan (absolute enlightenment). Otherwise, 'we' experience complete vitaragata (total absence of attachment and abhorrence).
And you will have to do a lot of pratikraman. Even though 'we' speak, 'our' awareness prevails, whereas you cannot speak this way at all. You have to have the awareness. You can never speak this way.
Questioner: What occurs if we do not do pratikraman? Will we be liable for the wrongdoing?
Dadashri: They will file a 'claim' against you. They would have filed hundreds of claims against 'us' in the karmic court. What occurs if you do not settle those claims? They will remain pending. Hence those claims will remain pending until you do pratikraman. After Self-Realization, Unaffected and Pure
as a Lily Questioner: One can remain like the water lily
(jadkamadvat) after attaining this Gnan. (Not a single speck of dirt from the pond or a drop of water touches the pure lily flower).
Dadashri: Yes, one remains as the 'lily.' This path itself is one of the water lily. For how many years were you able to remain that way? How many years has it been since you took Gnan?
Questioner: It will be a year.
Dadashri: So what state will you be in after ten years? When so much energy of Gnan is evident in just the first year, then what will it be like after ten years? And elsewhere, worldly people claim; those who have gone to the Himalayas (the hermits and ascetics) claim that they live like the water lily. But really they are not able to do so. It is all talk; all imagination! Webs of imaginations! If they claim that, then if one of them is passing by and you tell me that they live like the 'water lily,' I would call out and say to him, 'Maharaj, you do not have any sense.' Then you will quickly discover that water lily! You can never say that to any maharaj. It is wrong to insult someone unnecessarily, so then I would give him two hundred and one rupees. If he is not appeased with the two hundred and one rupees, what would I tell him? I would tell him, "Forgive me, my mind is a little off. I had a fight with my brother.' He then would agree and say, "Yes, his mind is like that.' He will even put his hand on our head and bless us.'
Is it so easy to fool these 'tops' (Dadashri has said that every human is like a 'top.' A top is a toy that is wound with a string, and when flung on the ground it spins. Human beings are like tops. They 'wind' causes of karma in their past life and then, in the current life, they 'spin' from the effect of these karmas). They are nothing but tops! How can these 'tops' win against someone who knows how to lose (the Gnani)? How high can the 'tops' fight against the one who has mastered the art of losing?