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Aptavani-2
Nijdosh : Faults of the self
If you hurt someone, even in the slightest degree,
recognize that you are at fault. You can know that you are at
fault if your interactions with others result in internal unrest. If the
other person suffers, it is obvious that he is at fault, but because
you became instrumental (nimit) in the process, because you
reprimanded him, you too are at fault. Why does Dada not
experience any suffering? It is because he has no mistakes left
in him. If someone is affected in the slightest by your mistake
and that interaction creates a debit in your (karmic) account, you
should immediately credit it through pratikraman. The inner
enemies of anger, pride, illusion and greed (kashays) within will
not refrain from creating a debit, which is why you should make
a credit against it. You will create a debit with your own
mistakes, but you should immediately do pratikraman. When
your atikraman (aggression through kashays) affects someone,
you should erase it immediately and not leave anything pending.
You should do alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan even if
someone hurts you. Continue to ask for forgiveness, with Dada
as your witness, for any atikraman done through the mind, body
and speech. You should maintain awareness every step of the
way to not hurt others and to do pratikraman if it happens. Your
kashays of anger, pride, illusion and greed is the kind of stock
that will cause you to make mistakes and put you into a karmic
debt, but in their opposition, you should immediately do
pratikraman. You cannot afford to keep that business pending.
This is really a cash business.
Questioner : The mistakes that occur to day, are they
not from the past life?