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You should tell your child to do pratikraman. He must be
taught to apologize and repent for his actions and he should tell
you how many pratikramans he does. This is the only way he is
likely to improve. Make your child promise that he will not steal
again. Keep explaining to your child from time to time so that he
can come to understand. In his next life he will not steal because
in this life he has accepted that it is wrong to steal. The act of
stealing in this life is an effect from his previous life, which will
come to an end, and no new accounts will be created because of
his present understanding. (P.136)
This young boy confesses all his mistakes to me. He even
admits to stealing. People only confess to someone with
extraordinary qualities and nobility. Tremendous changes will take
place in India through this process of pratikraman.
A NEW GENERATION WITH HEALTHY MINDS
Dadashr i : Every Sunday a satsang is held near your home.
Why do you not attend it?
Questioner : Every Sunday we watch TV, Dada.
Dadashri : What connection do you have with your TV?
Even though your eyesight is bad and you have glasses, you still
watch TV? In our country there is no need for TV or the theatre,
because all the drama takes place right here in the streets anyway!
Questioner : Will we not stop watching television when
our time to enter spirituality comes?
Dadashri : Lord Krishna has said this very thing in the
Gita; that humans waste time unnecessarily. It is not considered a
waste of time if one has to work for a living. But until you attain
the true knowledge, this false knowledge will not leave you.
Why do people smear their bodies with ‘foul smelling mud’