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[4] How Amazing is the Awareness of the Gnani Purush!
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all stopped. The pratikraman that people talk about is simply an inanimate ritual (jada kriya) which does not destroy even a single mistake. And yet they speak about destroying mistakes. Nothing is achieved by simply reciting rituals.
Questioner: Matagraha (obstinacy of viewpoint) is considered atikraman, is it not?
Dadashri: Matagraha is the greatest atikraman. India is dying from this poison. Presently it is the deadliest poison. Every person has created so much of this poison.
In Essence, 'We' Are Lord Mahavir's
Questioner: You have so many Jain words and terminology in your speech.
Dadashri: All that is manifested is Gnan; the words automatically flow. But ultimately 'we' are Lord Mahavir's! 'We' do not like anything else. 'We' do not like any one else's talks. 'We' are ready to accept scientific facts. Lord Mahavir's talks are all scientific. 'We, too, are considered scientific.
What special directive (Agna) has Lord Mahavir given for this dushamkaal (current era of the time cycle of lack of unity in thoughts, speech and acts)? He has asked that one should follow the Agnas and when this is missed then one should do pratikraman.
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The Way of Akram Vignan
New and Precise Religion through Akram Vignan
What is the current dharma (religion) like now? Everything is encompassed in a positive ego. All the scriptures say, 'Practice kindness. Speak only the truth. Do not steal,' etc. Hey, you! Is one able to do all that? That is why they have put the religious books away on the shelves. What did people do? They felt it was not possible to follow what the books dictated and so they were of no use to them. They were not able to practice kindness. They could not speak the truth. These books say the same things over and over again. That is why people put away the books on a shelf. (90)
What do the scriptures say? They say, 'Do not steal, do not lie, do not deceive.' So what can we do? Tell us what else can we do if we cannot do that? What can we do if we have to go somewhere and they do not give us a ticket and we are forced to buy it on the black market? But these scriptures tell us not to do such things. Then we have no choice but jump in the lake!
The world is trying to turn around the result (effect). Now how can effects be changed when people themselves have changed? In the past, when there were a very small percentage of people who had changed, it was appropriate to say, 'Change your conduct. Purify your conduct!' But what can one do when ninety-five percent of today's conduct is bad? What can you do when all conduct is bankrupt today? So 'we' have made a new
