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[3] These Are Not Lord Mahavir’s Pratikramans
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what will you call adharma (lack of religion)? This adharma
you call dharma and you believe it to be dharma too. People
will point out mistakes in others and tell them they are doing
wrong. If someone is being deceitful with them, they will accuse
that person of doing adharma. If someone is being shrewd, they
will accuse him of doing adharma. But they have no clue if we
were to ask them to define what dharma is. Because he is alive,
he can see other people’s mistakes easily.
If I were to go sit in the upashraya (meditation hall) the
maharaj (priest) will see five-ten faults in me right away; ‘Why
does he need to keep hair on his head? Why does he have to
comb his hair? Why does he wear a ring on his finger? Why
does he wear a garland?’ He will find all mistakes because his
vision has become spoiled. His is a state worthy of compassion.
You would know that if you were to instigate him a little. If
someone were to instigate mahatmas (Self-realized ones in
Akram Vignan), they may get agitated at first but Gnan will
take over later and calm things down, whereas such a maharaj
will not calm down. If he is afraid of saying it aloud, he continues
to have negative speech within, so when some one provokes
him, he will explode with anger.
Afterwards, There Will Be the Obstinate and
the Unaware
Scripture writers have written that the disciples of Lord
Mahavir can be considered obstinate and unaware (vaanka and
jada) and Lord Rushabhdev’s disciples were naïve and unaware
(bhoda and jada). That is the only difference. There are no
exceptions; except for one or two, they are all the same. Disciples
of both these Tirthankars do not understand pratikraman. That
is why the Lord had told them to do pratikraman. This fact is
documented in the scriptures.
If the disciples of the first Tirthankar Lord Rushabhdev
were told to do obeisance, they would to do so until dawn.