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[3] These Are Not Lord Mahavir’s Pratikramans
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Questioner: Yes, but whatever one’s goal is, in that there
are two types of goals, correct? One is the goal of moksha…
Dadashri: Not two types of goals, there are many types
of goals. The goals vary with each individual.
Questioner: Now the goal of the worldly happiness that
is there, does that mean that one attains dharmadhyan (absence
of adverse internal meditation) with pratikraman, and not
shukladhyan (meditation as the Self)?
Dadashri: There is no connection between pratikraman
and shukladhyan. There is no connection between shukladhyan
and the worldly life. With us here, because we have Akram
Vignan (where the Self is attained in directly two hours), there
is shukladhyan. Otherwise, we cannot even utter the word
‘shukladhyan.’
Questioner: So how does one do that pratikraman?
Say, for example, I want to do pratikraman, I want happiness
in my worldly life; how should I do pratikraman for that? What
kind of goal should I have? Meaning having decided the goal,
how should I carry out the pratikraman?
Dadashri: No, no. When one does pratikraman, then
the mistake that had occurred within is washed off.
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Questioner: Once it is erased, it is erased for good?
Dadashri: That is why one binds merit karma (punya).
Questioner: Yes, so similarly in the path of moksha, one
also binds punya, right?
Dadashri: No.
Questioner: So how am I to understand that?
Dadashri: In the path of moksha, we are doing
pratikraman in order to become free.