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and ethical. Then, he does not need to go to a temple. Giving
to others is a godly quality. To avoid taking something that does
not belong to you is a human quality. Honesty is the highest
religion. Dishonesty is the best foolishness.
It is not possible to be honest all the time, but if one
understands that it is wrong to be dishonest and does pratikraman
for it, then his next life will be happy. A person is surely honest
when he repents.
If you have a disagreement with your associate in any
worldly endeavors and you realize that you have said more than
you should have, then you should immediately do pratikraman.
If your bank manager refuses you a loan, you will begin
to dislike him and have negative thoughts towards him. You
should realize that the mistake is yours, so you should wash it
off by doing pratikraman. This is what I call awareness.
I will explain to you how obstacles in life come about. If
you call a person who works for you, an idiot, this becomes an
obstacle for your own commonsense. Obstacles created in this
way, trap the entire world and the human life goes to waste.
You have no right to tell anyone that he has no sense. If you do
this, that person may retort by calling you an idiot and create
an obstacle for himself. Similarly if you call someone unworthy,
you are creating an obstacle for your own self worth. Now tell
me how can this world be saved from such obstacles? If you
do pratikraman immediately, then you will be able to wash
away these obstacles before they become impossible to remove.
Questioner: In my work, in order to accomplish certain
deadlines, I have insulted and mistreated many people.
Dadashri: You must do pratikraman for them all. When
you mistreated them, you were only fulfilling your duty. You did
not do it for yourself therefore your intention was not bad.