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[1] The True Nature of Pratikraman
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This is the science of the vitarags, the fully enlightened
Ones. Atikraman takes you to a birth in the lower life forms,
while pratikraman will take you into a higher life form. Only
pratikraman will help you until you attain final liberation.
Who does not need to do pratikraman? The one who
does no atikraman.
Recognizing Atikraman
Questioner: We have no intention of hurting anyone and
yet we become instrumental (nimit) in hurting people. So is it
necessary to form an opinion that we have to do pratikraman
for the atikraman we do?
Dadashri: If something you said or your action hurt
someone, you are considered to have done atikraman. You
have to do pratikraman for that. You have erred by doing
atikraman and, therefore, you will bind karma.
Questioner: If the other person is just a nimit, then why
should he feel hurt? Then what is the need for pratikraman?
Dadashri: You have to do pratikraman if he is hurt by
you. It is not considered atikraman if he is not hurt by you.
Therefore, you do pratikraman only if atikraman occurs.
All this eating, drinking, talking, etc., is kraman. Kraman
is going on the whole day long. Getting up early, getting up late
is all kraman.
If someone was to get up right now and start swearing at
someone, you will all think, ‘Why did he have to do atikraman
when everything was going on smoothly?’ That is called
atikraman. When you hurt someone’s feelings, that atikraman
may be spontaneous and natural, yet you have to do pratikraman
for it. Even if you do not utter a word through your mouth but
your mind becomes negative towards him, then too you have to
do pratikraman. Pratikraman means to ask for forgiveness in