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stain is stubborn, then it will need to be washed over and over
again.
Questioner: How can you tell whether that stain is gone
or not?
Dadashri: You will know when your mind becomes clean.
Your face will glow. A natural smile will take hold. Will you not
know then that the stain is gone? And even if the stain has not
gone, there is no problem. All you have to do is continue with
your pratikraman. Keep scrubbing away with the soap of
pratikraman. Do you understand what paap is?
Questioner: It is paap when one does not comply with
Dada’s Agnas.
Dadashri: No it is not that. That is not paap. Paap is
when you hurt others, whether it is a tree, a human, an animal,
or any other living being. To pick leaves from a tree unnecessarily,
is a sin because the tree also perceives pain.
By not following my Agnas, you will be the one to suffer,
whereas paap karma hurts others. It is a sin when you hurt
others, therefore you should not inflict even the slightest pain on
others.
When you do pratikraman, your clothes will become
cleaner. Why leave dirt on your clothes when Dada has given
you such a simple solution? Why not use it and get your clothes
radiantly clean?
Whenever you hurt someone even slightly, you must accept
the fault as your own. You will know that you have hurt him
because you will feel uneasy from within. You can see that the
other person’s mistake is evident because he is suffering, but
you too are at fault because you became instrumental in his
suffering. Dada does not have any suffering because he no