Pratikraman: Freedom Through Apology & Repentance (Abr.) (In English) Pratikraman: Freedom Through Apology & Repentence | Page 69

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Pratikraman
Dadashri: She would not feel hurt if you speak to her in
a make-believe manner. In doing so, you do not consider the
relative as real. Hence there is no ego involved in your words.
She will become aware of her mistake and she will resolve to
change. You can only hurt her if your intention is to hurt.
If you remain the Knower and the Seer of the rage that
occurs, it will leave without charging new causes. The atoms of
rage will become cleansed and dissipate. You are obligated to
do at least this much.
Questioner: Is the pratikraman we do after becoming
angry, called ‘pursuant’ or ‘parakram’ (heroic deed or great
achievement)?
Dadashri: That is called purusharth. It cannot be called
parakram.
Questioner: Then what is parakram?
Dadashri: Parakram is higher than purusharth. This is
certainly not parakram. How can you call this parakram when
you are nursing a burn with a healing ointment? You can say that
it is parakram when you are the ‘Knower’ of all that is happening
within. Doing pratikraman is purusharth. With continued
pratikraman your verbal conflicts will decrease. Everything will
decrease naturally. The ego is the first to go and then everything
else will follow. Everything will fall into place and you will
experience stillness from within.
Pratikraman for those who are Self-realized, completely
erases all karma because of the absence of the doer. When the
doer is absent, only the effects of past karma are felt. People,
who have not received the knowledge of the Self, suffer the
effect because of the presence of the doer (ego). Their karmas
may weaken a little by doing pratikraman, but they are not
erased completely and they will have to suffer the consequences