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[2] Every Religion Supports Pratikraman
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charging karma. With your conviction of ‘I am Chandulal’ comes
a series of other wrong beliefs such as, ‘I am her husband; his
uncle; her father; their boss; etc.’ Even in your sleep you bind
karma. There is no way to avoid karma bondage during sleep
but if you purify your ego -‘I am Chandulal,’ then you will bind
less karma.
Even after the ego becomes somewhat clean, you will still
have to perform some rituals. If your daughter-in-law breaks
something expensive and you shout at her, ‘You have no sense,’
you will have to do pratikraman for hurting her feelings. The
hurt you cause is atikraman and if you do pratikraman
immediately, the karma will be erased or it will become lighter.
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Whenever you do atikraman, if you hurt someone in any
way, you should erase it with pratikraman. It should be a
‘shoot-on-sight’ (instantaneous) pratikraman and not the kind
that is done only once a year. Only then will it lighten this burden
of suffering. If you conduct yourself according to the ways
prescribed by the Vitarags, your suffering will depart.
This is How You Do Pratikraman
That which has become automatic is called atikraman
and pratikraman is what you will have to learn. Atikraman is
automatically learned and done. If you want to shove or push
someone, you do not have to learn to do it. You have learned
that by observing others. Now, if you do atikraman, you have
to do pratikraman. Generally, when people are sitting around
talking, there is no need to do pratikraman. But if there is any
pushing or shoving or making fun at the expense of another
human being, that is atikraman and for that one should do
pratikraman.
Seeker: How does one do pratikraman?
Dadashri: If you have attained Self-realization, you will