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Pratikraman
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Dadashri: He does not realize that it is indeed happening
within him, but when he says that he cannot do it, the machinery
and the process come to a halt. Whatever your prayers, such
will be your worship. If you say pratikramans are indeed
beneficial and are occurring from within, they will occur. If you
say they are of no benefit or they are not necessary, they will
stop. The pratikraman will start after some time.
Questioner: I do not like it when I hurt someone, but
that’s as far as it goes. I do not do any pratikraman.
Dadashri: The ‘machinery’ within us, works according
to our instructions. If you say you cannot do something, then
you will not be able to do it. If you tell yourself you are tired
of doing pratikraman, then the ‘machinery’ will also become
sluggish. It is ‘Chandubhai’ who is doing the pratikraman and
he is the one who is supposed to do it. All you have to do is keep
saying that you are able to do pratikraman and before you know
it, you too will be doing five hundred or more pratikramans a day.
Whenever possible try to do ‘shoot-on-sight’ pratikraman,
as soon as the mistake is made. If you fail to do so, do
pratikraman collectively in the evening. Through the latter,
however, you might forget a few of your mistakes. Who is going
to take care of those? Therefore it is your responsibility to do
shoot-on-sight pratikraman.
Know that your ticket for liberation has arrived when you
begin to see your own faults. Generally people cannot see their
own faults, including these monks and religious teachers. Not to
be able to perceive your own faults is the greatest of all
shortcomings. This Science is such that it gives you an unbiased
judgment by uncovering and disclosing all your faults. It uncovers
them for you, even though sometimes it may do so after they
occur. Whatever happens happens, but at least you realize
your mistakes.