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longer has any faults. So if someone is hurt by your actions, you
must immediately do pratikraman and erase that fault. Also if
someone else commits a fault because of you, you have to do
pratikraman.
Questioner: I never got much out of doing pratikraman
as prescribed in the kramic path(traditional path of liberation
involving rituals, penance, recitation of scriptures, etc), but when
I do the pratikraman as shown in Akram Vignan, I feel as light
as a flower.
Dadashri: But those were not pratikramans in any case.
Those pratikramans were done in ignorance and without any
understanding. Pratikraman means that your faults must decrease
right away. Pratikraman means to backtrack whatever distan ce
you have traveled in the wrong direction. But when people do
pratikraman, not only do they fail to do this, but they also
continue to walk further in that wrong direction. How can that
be called pratikraman?
From now on, if you encounter any internal conflict, they
will not become further complicated, because Dada and the
practical science of Akram will automatically come to mind, and
will relieve you of all conflicts. I caution you not to make mistakes
and if ever you happen to do so, you must continue to do
pratikraman. Now you have the understanding of the implications
of your mistakes. Elsewhere people are tired of listening to the
same old preaching of, “Be truthful, do not steal, be kind etc.”
Do not sleep on your mistakes. If you have any conflicts
within, you must clear it before falling asleep. If you cannot
clear this conflict, you should simply do pratikraman. You should
ask for forgiveness because you are the one feeling disturbed.
In this way, you will succeed in finding a solution; otherwise
these mistakes will continually occur. Forgiveness is the greatest
weapon.