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[1] The True Nature of Pratikraman
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Settlement of All Karma with the Gnan of
the Gnani Purush
Seeker: There are all kinds of karmas (acts through
thoughts, speech and body) one has to do in worldly interactions,
many of which are considered bad or demerit (paap) karma.
(Demerit karma, sin, is that which hurts others and as a
consequence brings suffering to the self. Merit karma is that
which helps others and as a consequence brings pleasure to the
self.) How can we be saved from these demerit karmas?(10)
Dadashri: Whatever knowledge about demerit karma one
has, that much knowledge will help him. If you want to go to the
railway station, and you have the directions to go there, then that
knowledge will help you get there. How can you be saved from
demerit karma? With whatever knowledge you have about it…but
that knowledge does not lie in any books or with anyone else
except a Gnani. Elsewhere, you will find worldly knowledge.
Only a Gnani Purush has the nischay-gnan (knowledge of the
Self). Nischay-gnan is not to be found in any book. It is hidden
in the heart of a Gnani Purush. You will find a solution when you
hear nischay-gnan; when you hear it live in His speech.
Books contain worldly knowledge; it, too, can give you a
lot of solutions. The intellect (buddhi – knowledge through the
medium of the ego) increases with worldly knowledge. Intellect-
based knowledge (matignan) will increase. Matignan increases
with scriptural or literate knowledge received through ‘hearing’
(shrutgnan), and thus comes a solution as to how to become
free from demerit karma (paap). Otherwise, there is no other
solution. And the other thing is one’s own inner intent (bhaavna).
One can be free if he does pratikraman. But what should that
pratikraman be? It should be ‘shoot-on-sight’ pratikraman,
meaning it should be instant pratikraman. If pratikraman is
done the instant a wrongful act occurs through thoughts, speech
or acts, then you will have the solution.