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Pratikraman
order to break the cycle of mistake, one has to ‘see’ the mistake
and call it a mistake. You cannot protect the mistake. ‘This’ is
considered the ‘Gnani’s ‘key.’ It can open any ‘lock.’
Then, when one destroys his own mistakes, his work will
be done. Or it can occur if a Gnani Purush helps him achieve
that. The Gnani Purush can save you. If you tell the Gnani,
‘Please save me,’ then he will. He does not expect a fee for
doing it. Besides, how much value can you put on something that
is invaluable? This is considered priceless; it is very precious so
there can never be a price for it.
Mistakes are bound to occur; they are inevitable. New
mistakes will continue to occur. You will continue to ‘see’ them.
When you see them, you should do pratikraman for them. You
should repent for them and do pratyakhyan – vow not to do
it again and ask for energies for this. That is called ‘shoot-on-
sight.’ It means that the moment the mistake occurs it is instantly
washed away. What is your wish, to wash away your mistakes
the moment they occur or wash them off once a year?
Ineffective Pratikramans
Questioner: I never got much out of doing pratikraman
as it is prescribed in the Kramic path, but when I do the
pratikraman as shown in Akram Vignan, I feel as light as a
flower.
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Dadashri: But those pratikramans that you did were of
the Kramic path, and were done without any understanding.
Pratikraman means the faults should decrease right away.
Pratikraman means to backtrack whatever distance you have
traveled in the wrong direction. But in doing pratikraman without
the understanding, people have not only failed to backtrack the
path they walked on, but they are stuck in the same place. On
the contrary, they are going further in the wrong direction! So
how can that be called pratikraman?