Aptavani-6
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Vignan there is no partiality or side-taking, so how can there be
new construction without destruction of the old?
Dadashri: This is not a path of construction and neither
is it a path of destruction. This path is only for those who want
to attain liberation (moksha). There is another path for those
who do not want liberation. ‘We’ give a different belief to those
who want it.
It is extremely difficult to make progress on the Kramic
path, the traditional path to liberation; nevertheless it is the
permanent path. No religion can work when there is no unity in
what is going on in the mind, the speech and the action. Currently,
is this not the state that prevails everywhere?
So what do ‘we’ teach people of this current time cycle
when they want to know religion?
If you happen to tell a lie, there is no objection here. Even
if you lie in your mind, there is no objection, but now ask for
forgiveness from the pure Soul of the one you have ‘hurt,’ coupled
with remorse of the wrongdoing (pratikraman), and make a
decision that you will not tell any more lies (pratyakhyan). ‘We’
teach people to do pratikraman.
Questioner: We do pratikraman at night (raishi) and
pratikraman in the morning (devshi). Is there anything wrong
with that?
Dadashri: Pratikraman should be ‘shoot-on-sight
pratikraman,’ meaning it should be done the instant you hurt
another being. You cannot afford to keep your debts pending.
In the same manner, you cannot afford to keep any pratikraman
pending.
Questioner: Living beings are constantly binding karma,
so should they be constantly doing pratikraman?
Dadashri: Of course! They have to be done! There are