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Pratikraman-Granth

The Key that resolves all conflicts

As expounded by the Gnani Purush "Dada Bhagwan"

Originally Compiled in Gujarati by : Dr. Niruben Amin

Introduction to The Gnani

One June evening, in 1958 at around six o’clock, Ambalal Muljibhai Patel, a family man, and a contractor by profession, was sitting on a bench on the busy platform number three at Surat’s train station. Surat is a city in south Gujarat, a western state in India. What happened within the next forty-eight minutes was phenomenal. Spontaneous Self-Realization occurred within Ambalal M. Patel. During this event, his ego completely melted and from that moment onwards, he became completely detached from all of Ambalal’s thoughts, speech, and actions. He became the Lord’s living instrument for the salvation of humankind, through the path of knowledge. He called this Lord, ‘Dada Bhagwan.’ To everyone he met, he would say, “This Lord, Dada Bhagwan is fully manifested within me. He also resides within all living beings. The difference is that within me He is completely expressed and in you, he has yet to manifest.”

Who are we? What is God? Who runs this world? What is karma? What is liberation? Etc. All the world’s spiritual questions were answered during this event. Thus, nature offered absolute vision to the world through the medium of Shree Ambalal Muljibhai Patel.

Ambalal was born in Tarasali, a suburb of Baroda and was later raised in Bhadran, Gujarat. His wife’s name was Hiraba. Although he was a contractor by profession, his life at home and his interactions with everyone around him were exemplary, even prior to his Self-Realization. After becoming Self-Realized and attaining the state of a Gnani, (The Awakened One, Jnani in Hindi), his body became a ‘public charitable trust.’

Throughout his entire life, he lived by the principle that there should not be any commerce in religion, and in all commerce, there must be religion. He also never took money from anyone for his own use. He used the profits from his business to take his devotees for pilgrimages to various parts of India.

His words became the foundation for the new, direct, and step-less path to Self-Realization called Akram Vignan. Through his divine original scientific experiment (The Gnan Vidhi), he imparted this knowledge to others within two hours. Thousands have received his grace through this process and thousands continue to do so even now. ‘Akram’ means without steps; an elevator path or a shortcut, whereas ‘Kram’ means an orderly, step-by-step spiritual path. Akram is now recognized as a direct shortcut to the bliss of the Self.

Who is Dada Bhagwan?

When he explained to others who ‘Dada Bhagwan’ is, he would say :

“What you see here is not ‘Dada Bhagwan’. What you see is ‘A. M. Patel.’ I am a Gnani Purush and ‘He’ that is manifested within me, is ‘Dada Bhagwan’. He is the Lord within. He is within you and everyone else. He has not yet manifested within you, whereas within me he is fully manifested. I myself am not a Bhagwan. I too bow down to Dada Bhagwan within me.”

Current link for attaining the knowledge of Self-Realization (Atma Gnan)

“I am personally going to impart siddhis (special spiritual powers) to a few people. After I leave, will there not be a need for them? People of future generations will need this path, will they not?” ~ Dadashri

Param Pujya Dadashri used to go from town to town, and country to country, to give satsang and impart the knowledge of the Self as well as knowledge of harmonious worldly interaction to all who came to see him. During his final days, in the fall of 1987, he gave his blessing to Dr. Niruben Amin and bestowed his special siddhis upon her, to continue his work. “You will have to become a mother to this whole world, Niruben” He told her as he blessed her. There was no doubt in Dadashri’s mind that Niruben was destined to be just that. She had served him with utmost devotion day and night for over twenty years. Dadashri in turn had molded her and prepared her to take on this monumental task.

From the time of Pujya Dadashri’s mortal departure on January 2 1988 to her own mortal departure on March 19th 2006, Pujya Niruma as she lovingly came to be called by thousands remained true to her promise to Dadashri to carry on his mission of the world’s salvation. She became Dadashri’s representative of Akram Vignan and became instrumental in spreading the knowledge of Akram Vignan throughout the world. She also became an exemplary of pure and unconditional love. Thousands of people from all walks of life and from all over the world have attained Self-Realization through her and are established in the experience of the pure Soul, while carrying out their worldly duties and obligations. They experience freedom here and now, while living their daily life.

The link of Akram Gnanis now continues with the current spiritual master Pujya Deepakbhai Desai whom Pujya Dadashri had also graced with special siddhis to continue to teach the world about Atma Gnan and Akram Vignan. He was further molded and trained by Pujya Niruma who blessed him to conduct Gnan Vidhi in 2003. Dadashri had said that Deepakbhai will become the decorum that will add splendor to the Lord’s reign. Pujya Deepakbhai, in keeping with Dada’s and Niruma’s tradition travels extensively within India and abroad, giving satsangs and imparting the knowledge of the Self to all who come seeking.

Powerful words in scriptures help the seeker in increasing his desire for liberation. The knowledge of the Self is the final goal of all one’s seeking. Without the knowledge of the Self there is no liberation. This knowledge of the Self (Atma Gnan) does not exist in books. It exists in the heart of a Gnani. Hence, the knowledge of the Self can only be acquired by meeting a Gnani. Through the scientific approach of Akram Vignan, even today one can attain Atma Gnan, but it can only occur by meeting a living Atma Gnani and receiving the Atma Gnan. Only a lit candle can light another candle.

EDITORIAL

Should there not be some unfailing remedy for those who are sincerely trying to move forward along the path of liberation? There should be some remedy to successfully remove all kashays (internal anger, pride, deceit, greed, attachment and abhorrence) that hinder people every moment of their lives. How is one to remove the gross and subtle conflict from his life? How do we prevent ourselves from being hurt or hurting others? How can we shelter ourselves from the kashays that bombard us? How do we stop them from recurring?

Many of us have faithfully adhered to religious rituals. We have surrendered ourselves to strict penance, fasting, meditation and other such austerities, only to discover that we still make mistakes through our mind, our speech and our conduct. Why have we not found inner peace? What should we do when we realize our faults and how should we get rid of them? There should be some method through which we can eliminate kashays from our lives and progress spiritually towards liberation. Surely there should be a way to live happily with peace and love. What spiritual knowledge have the Vitarag Lords (the supreme enlightened Beings) bestowed upon the world? What is true religion? Is there any assurance that one can be absolved for the sins he commits? And if there is such a method, why is it not evident?

One can attain an abundance of knowledge from scriptures, but why can he not incorporate it into his daily life? Ascetics and spiritual teachers continue to preach, but where do they fall short in getting the desired results? Practically every religion mandates stringent rituals and austerities, yet why does the aspirant not achieve any results? Why do his kashays not decrease or his sins erase? Does the liability for all this not fall upon the heads of religion? This statement is not made with any malice, but with compassion. There should be some way to eliminate our problems. What have the Gnanis and the Tirthankars said about one’s progress from the state of ignorance to the attainment of Absolute Knowledge (Keval Gnan)? How can we be liberated from the bondage of our past karma, and the bondage created through our inherent attachment and abhorrence (raag-dwesh)?

It is said that the path of liberation is for the brave and not for cowards, but where should this valor be used to expedite liberation? Is it possible for a person with a lot of bad karma to attain good karma?

How can you suppress the fires of suffering that torment you throughout your life? How can a man cope with a domineering wife, difficult children and his financial worries that overshadow his peace, day and night?

How can one recover from incessant kashays that exist between a guru and a disciple? When a person expends his mind, speech and body by committing adultery or cheating others out of their wealth, where else but in hell or lower life forms can he expect to take birth in his next life? And if one has done so, how can he become free from the consequences of his actions? How can one remain cautious so as to not fall prey to such acts? What are the answers to such questions that have agonized people for time immemorial?

Every human makes mistakes against his will. People become trapped in their own mistakes and suffer incessantly due to their earnest desire to be free of such mistakes, find inner happiness and progress towards their liberation.

The Tirthankars and the Gnanis have given this world the only weapon to combat such suffering, and that weapon is the spiritual science of alochana (confession of one’s mistakes), pratikraman (asking for forgiveness), and pratyakhyan (firm resolve and determination never to repeat the mistake). Infinite beings have achieved the wealth of liberation with this weapon by destroying the very root from which a vast tree of hatred and abhorrence grows. Gnani Purush, Dada Bhagwan, through his Keval Gnan (Absolute Enlightenment) expounded in his spoken words the science of pratikraman, precisely as it is. His spoken words are to be found in this book, along with many other books; words which will prove invaluable to the aspirant of truth and liberation.

The speech of the Gnani is dependent upon the individual that he is addressing. The answers the Gnani gives are aimed to bring about a solution for a specific problem for an individual in front of him. Therefore, at times these spoken words, when compiled in book form, may appear contradictory. For instance, for the inner satisfaction of one individual the Gnani may say, ‘Pratikraman is awareness and atikraman is discharge (of karma).’ But for the individual with heightened inner awareness, the Gnani may say, ‘Atikraman is discharge, and so is pratikraman. Discharge has to be destroyed by discharge.’ Both the answers are correct as a solution for the particular individual concerned, but they are relatively contradictory because of the difference in predicaments of each individual concerned. In short, the reader is asked to understand the subtleties of the Gnani.

With this in mind, we beseech the reader’s forgiveness for any apparent flaws in this compilation. It is our sincere hope that the reader attains the inner essence of the Gnani’s words.

- Dr. Niruben Amin

PREFACE

Please note that Pujya Dr. Niruben Amin wrote the entire preface of the Pratikraman Book in poetry form in couplets. The translation of this in English is devoid of the rhyming words in many places. Here is the message of the preface is preserved as a preference over the rhyming words .

PART 1 - PRATIKRAMAN

Unity of mind speech and body, is the worthy goal of life;

When that is broken, Akram Vignani’s pratikraman is the solution in life!

Dada shows the proper method of doing pratikraman;

Connect directly with the Soul of the other, with ‘Dada Bhagwan’ as the witness!

Announce the faults in your heart, ask for forgiveness, repent heartily;

Decide that ‘I won’t repeat it’, then the faults are cleansed simply!

Doing good karma is religion, doing bad karma is non-religion;

Beyond religion and non-religion, lies Self-religion!

Good karma gives credit and this brings the result as happiness;

Bad karma gives debit and this brings the result as unhappiness!

When ‘credit-debit’ is zero, Self-bliss prevails;

The first two increase worldly entanglements, the third brings Liberation!

With the ‘Lord within—Dada Bhagwan’ as witness, repentance is done heartily;

This science becomes effective, for every ailment there is a remedy!

While eating-drinking, bathing-walking, speaking-laughing;

If no one is hurt, these natural interactions are called ‘kraman’!

All that cause hurt to others through attachment-abhorrence, are atikraman;

To turn back from these is known as the process of pratikraman!

Anger-pride-deceit and greed, all are nothing but atikraman;

They all go away instantly, when for them you do pratikraman!

Atikraman through attachment-abhorrence affects both;

By doing pratikraman for them, the effect is resolved in both!

A stained cloth and its washer, there is trouble for both;

Kraman affects no one and everyone acts in natural mode!

Every embodied Soul routinely projects endlessly;

Mere hearing of communal riots, third world war is imagined!

Innumerable fractions exist in one second where one does endless atikramans;

Atikraman creates worldly life and it comes to the end by pratikraman!

If the insulter is seen as wrongdoer, that is atikraman;

If speech was harsh, act was wrong, that too is atikraman!

If the children are beaten, that is atikraman;

Feeling, ‘why did he swear at me?’ is also atikraman!

If anyone feels hurt by you, it is atikraman;

Remember Dada there, and do instant pratikraman!

No intent is there at all in your heart to hurt the other person;

Yet you are instrumental in the hurt, hence Dada gave this great discourse!

If one is hurt with or without your knowledge, this is atikraman;

If his face doesn’t show but mind was disturbed, this too is atikraman!

Any embodied Soul hurt through mind-speech-body;

Instantly, heartily and certainly, do its’ pratikraman properly!

What decreases karma’s load is religion and what increases it is non-religion;

No new karma is bound by doing pratikraman and that is supreme religion!

Ask for energy to advance higher, pray heartily;

Pray to Gnani, Self, guru, God’s idol or a deity!

Shout out for forgiveness for the purpose of cleansing faults;

Small faults will be gone and Samayik will dissolve the knots!

How can there be freedom from sinful karma of endless times?

This happens when one inscribes Gnani’s knowledge to heart!

If this is not available, find what is revealed in the scriptures;

Revealed creates intellect-wisdom that annuls sinful karma!

A strong desire to annul sinful karma and to do pratikraman;

Shall free one from weight of sins of endless lives!

Injustice in personal or business, what is its’ penance?

Decide in front of God-‘I don’t ever want to do it again’!

Innate self’s mistakes from previous life hurt at present;

Get bliss of Freedom when, with equanimity you accept!

Endure with gratitude, all the pains that others give;

Doing Dada-given pratikraman, puzzles you shall leave!

Scientific method of Jains, of recall-repentance-resolve;

Other religions too, give top priority to similar resolve!

Perfection and thoroughness, imparts this Vitarag Science;

Takes practical religion to top, and grants religious contemplation!

Helping climb upward steps, pratikraman grants absolute contemplation;

Tirthankar Lords convey perfect religion of the Self and of worldly interaction!

Dadashri explains the essence of recall-repentance-resolve;

In front of Gnani or Guru, admit the faults of the self!

Free of fear and with decisive mind; hand over charge to guru;

And awaken easily again when you do pratikraman given by guru!

To be free from karma, paramount weapon is pratikraman;

Progress without guru by doing Dada-given pratikraman!

Excess pain is in chanting-penance-fasting; meditation and yoga;

Only pratikraman is savior, it shall definitely give you moksha!

Repentance frees from sins, gives a sacred-state;

Repent repeatedly in front of God and ask for forgiveness!

Repentance done by a person is always from the heart and natural;

‘Pratikraman frees from karma’ is the law that is natural!

To heartily ask for pardon of faults is the way to freedom;

Even if not heartily done, it preserves goodness for the self!

If you have to drink alcohol, apologize with decision of wanting to quit;

One day it shall be quit, is the scientific exactness!

This is ‘Akram Vignan’; it has got to give result;

Moksha in two hours, hear Gnani’s Gnan -Agna!

Subtle pain inflicted to someone, that too is called atikraman;

You may be aware or not, instantly do pratikraman!

That which is done voluntarily is where one can ‘do’ purusharth -self effort;

That which is done due to pressure of forces is mandatory and is karma effect!

Doing is mandatory; like-dislike is voluntary;

Facing insult is mandatory; pratikraman is voluntary!

Ignorant one has free will to do repentance and resolve;

When stealing-killing pleases; a huge tuber of sin is formed!

Sensualist’s thoughtful pratikraman results in celibacy;

Purity from hearty pratikraman then rests on Dada!

Pratikraman and Trimantra done together certainly give the result;

Prayer to great Gods and freedom from sinful karma is the result!

Endless pratikramans have shown no result yet, why?

Not one was with ‘shoot-on-sight’ knowledge, that’s why!

Pratikraman done in morning and evening, but mechanically;

Pratikraman without repentance, pratikraman it can’t be!

What was memorized is spoken daily, just like a record;

Not finding the real culprit, he hurts the person in front!

Not a single mistake is absolved, whole life he did;

Pratikraman like a parrot; Mahavir’s path it can’t be!

Pratikraman in Maagdhi language isn’t understood very well;Ascetics and saints say, ‘I did’ and raise the egoism as well!

Mahavir’s so called followers ‘perverse and insensitive’, without exception;

Believe that Self resides in rituals; leaving no space for complaint!

Disciples of middle twenty-two Tirthankars, proficient they were;

Alert at every moment each day, they did pratikraman everywhere!

If you ask the meaning of daily pratikraman, they know it not;

Annual pratikraman of Samvatsari, sins will not wash!

On Paryushan, see whole year’s sins, feel the heartache;

You feel like dying that day, alas! How people were hurt!

Did you ever have these feelings, or simply got dressed and jeweled up;

Like going to a wedding on the Paryushan day, formal and smug!

‘Forgive my bad actions’-to those they like, no remorse for all others;

You’ve ruined Vitarag Gods’ reputation; this isn’t Mahavir’s religion!

In true Vitarag religion, five hundred pratikramans are done daily;

It is done ‘shoot-on-sight’ and with repentance nightly and daily!

This is Mahavir’s reign and ‘Gnani’ is ornamental to the reign;

In Kali-Kaal, Kramic path stagnant; Akram moksha unveiled through ‘Us’!

With instant-cash pratikraman, adverse mediation vanishes;

Where Akram Gnani has manifested, ‘Godly state’ is attained with ease!

Pratikraman’s purpose is fulfilled, be it credit karma or freedom;

Whether done in ignorance or knowledge, it is the main support!

Self-knowledge is freedom-path and not pratikraman alone;

Pratikraman after Self-awareness starts You on to Liberation!

After the illusion-I am Chandulal- is gone, bondage of karma stops;

With the illusion, pratikraman is for recurrent cycles of dirtying and cleansing!

Pratikraman is recommended, do it ‘shoot-on-sight’;

If you can’t do that- next is- do it morning and night!

Can’t do this, do it fortnightly, or every four months;

Once a year if nothing else, if no mother aunt will do!

Even aunt isn’t real in this Kali-Kaal, she is like a hired one;

Where’s moksha? Where’s religion? It is only the egoism’s illusion!

Doer or helper, pratikraman should be done proper;

Created are decorative words, intents are forgotten!

Atikraman is at every step, yet the remedy is pratikraman;

In the realm of the Vitarag there is no secret or corruption!

You do pratikraman for the dead and not for the living;

Bhaav-pratikramans are true; wrong are those with words and rituals!

Those won’t have proper result, its’ true value is illusory;

Believed as Self’s benefit; its’ a loss and not a victory!

To recite like a parrot is effect-dravya pratikraman;

‘It shouldn’t be so’ intent- is called as bhaav-pratikraman!

If chain of life after life mistakes isn’t broken, it isn’t ‘Samvatsari’ of Mahavir;

They’re ineffective pratikramans and they disgrace Lord Mahavir!

Please forgive me readers but my heart is getting filled;

I do pratikraman for the strong words that were scribed!

Action with ‘I am the doer’ casts more veils of illusion, eludes liberation;

Chanting in AM and PM he drinks the ointment, meant to be applied!

Vows of Kramic path to eat no root vegetables or at night;

Taken without understanding, vows won’t help in Liberation!

Vows can be taken for only faults whose pratikraman was done;

Explanation of proper pratikraman, Akram Vignan has done!

To cleanse the blemish, ascetics apply soap on the table;

Followers scrub the floor; world laughs at this!

They take vows to renounce and slowly they can quit it;

But vow to renounce what is quit, how can one deal with such understanding?

For all atikramans done through acts, pratikraman must be done in Kramic;

In Akram Path, body is separate from the Self; no action will touch!

Credit and debit karma get cleansed by doing pratikraman;

For moksha, both types of karma are renounced and the Self is acquired!

Without awareness, pratikraman ‘shoot-on-sight’ can’t be done;

After ‘Gnani’ awakens the Self, the kite string stays in hand!

Pratikraman in ignorant state binds less sins;

After Self-vision, with awareness, it is done in the true form!

Wash and wear clothes daily, write account book daily;

When pratikraman done yearly then; why not wash clothes yearly?

Gnani too, after scolding someone, does pratikraman right away;

This is just natural evidence and here, no one’s fault is at play!

And yet He says ‘is’ to what ‘is’; and ‘isn’t’ to what ‘isn’t’;

How can a true Gnani say to what ‘is’ as what ‘isn’t’?

In the Vision the world is flawless but the speech finds the faults;

Gnani Himself does pratikraman for pain caused by truth!

Fault is seen because of fault in the self; purify your vision there;

Or else, kashays will arise, when you fight for relative truth!

Accepted by plaintiff and defendant, is the speech of Vitarags;

Call it open Saraswati; their ego-less words are accepted by all!

Talk that doesn’t include pure Soul is false, that’s for sure;

Pratikraman for ‘I am Chandu’, a measure of true understanding for sure!

Forcing the medicine on patient, the doctor may appear harsh;

Ailment may get cured or not, do pratikraman for being harsh!

‘Dada’ is doctor of religion; He swings the whip at the ascetics;

Elegance of Gnani’s silence, flows as compassion towards the wrong!

Having missed non-violent speech, Gnani does pratikraman;

Faulty it is in speech, flawless in His vision!

Tirthankars’ speech is always accepted by all totally and completely;

Fourteenth moon is ‘Akram Gnani’, difference in opinion and speech!

Faulty was the perverse vision; ‘Dada’ charged such a speech;

Flawless is today’s vision and yet flows out such a speech!

Guru says, ‘I am untouched’ but is exposed when called a ‘fool’;

He is touched and he reacts, is that religion a gymnast’s pool?

Vows-chants-penance and discipline in practice give worldly rewards;

They are not needed for liberation; there, only pratikraman works!

Ascetics should routinely ask for forgiveness an hour a day;

It’s true religion even if it is done in mind and not in person!

True religions are only two, Pratikraman and absence of kashays;

Rest is not necessary, world hasn’t followed ‘this’ core-religion!

When you follow Gnani’s words, you’ll reach liberation-gate;

Go ahead, Dada is responsible for you, don’t miss at any rate!

Insistence is great atikraman, it has ruined the country;

It has poisoned internally; this hatred must be ousted!

They command in Kramic path, don’t steal, lie, or do wrong;

Scriptures shout to follow non-violence, truth, non-theft!

Scriptures people have put away with frown on their face;

Scriptures don’t bring change in life, why should one attach ‘this’ trouble?

‘I want to do it but can’t’, one should never sing this song;

Say, ‘why not’ firmly and decide repeatedly to perform!

Stealing-lying happened but do pratikraman for that;

Behavior can never change so, understanding you can change!

All the world’s religions are on ‘I am the body’;

Only Akram Vignan is free of ‘I am the body’!

‘I want to give up’ or ‘I can’t give up’, both are states of doership;

Are you able to empty your bowels at will? What is the limit of your ability?

If you want to act with doership, ask for energy for sure;

Dada’s ‘Nine Kalams’ change causes, the effect does not!

You are infinite energy; ‘energy-less’ how can you ever say?

Pratikraman is also the self-effort that is done in illusory state!

Even saints-devotees in the country are unaware in the spiritual song;

They say ‘I did’ to ‘It happens’ and say ‘do what I say’ to the ‘top’!

If you do something wrong, correct it by doing pratikraman;

It’s called illusory self-effort; become a non-doer if you want to be eternal!

You are not the doer of anything; You are only the Knower;

Knower and doer are different, so the action in this life cannot change!

Know the wrong one as wrong; change ‘his’ opinion;

That verily is the religion of true effort; ‘see’ and ‘know’ and make ‘him’ decide!

‘I can’t do, brother, I can’t’; you should never say this;

Soul’s nature is, you become what You envision!

This matter is very subtle, you can’t resolve without understanding;

Only Gnani can differentiate the realm of the Self and the non-Self!

To reform a boy thief, you can’t punish or beat him up;

He’ll form wrong tuber and opinion to steal will strengthen!

Asking for energy from Dada, ‘I won’t steal in this lifetime’;

Dada will give shelter and pure love; his heart will change!

If you’ve stolen, ask for energy; ask for specific energy;

Remedy is change of opinion, absolute humility to God!

‘Gnani’ has all the remedies and his diagnosis is accurate;

‘Dada Bhagwan’ is the scientist; expose to Him your ailments!

Ask for energy and you shall get it one day, don’t doubt;

Hence He gave Nine Kalams filled with secret of Vignan!

In Akram, don’t see conduct, dispose it all with Gnan;

New adverse internal meditation ceases, old ones are ‘seen’ and cleared!

Spirituality means purifying of chit, impure chit binds karma;

Not hurting any embodied Soul, this pure interaction is religion!

No new karma shall bind the mahatmas of this Akram way;

They clear old karmas and follow five Agnas all day!

When facing sticky karmas, dissolve them with pratikraman;

One life to go with this knowledge that guarantees no new karma!

Do pratikraman as soon as atikraman or attack happens;

Valiance here is wonderful! One enjoys the Absolute Self!

‘Kraman’ created prakruti and Atikraman has expanded it;

Pratikraman diminishes it and Akram Gnan has explained it!

Don’t have a single bad feeling for a thief or a prostitute;

They don’t wish to do bad but are trapped in circumstances!

An ignorant person sees others’ faults, his own faults he can never see;

How can he judge when he is the criminal, the lawyer and the judge!

Even the ignorant person does pratikraman up to a certain degree;

Some proficient and vigilant people have repented and released faults!

After becoming pure Soul, is pratikraman worth doing for him?

In Akram, he has to do this because the other person does get hurt!

Despite doing pratikraman if the other person doesn’t forgive;

Have no impact of this, You shall get freedom from faults!

Opponents of Atikraman make their presence known through pratikraman;

Disagree with faults and get freedom from faulty nature!

All faults are to be settled and they are not ‘My’ intents;

Pratikraman isn’t necessary here if one can remain that aware!

All the worldly interactions without atikraman are naturally settled;

Pratikraman for atikraman will dispose both the inner and the outer!

True pratikraman is the one that when done reduces faults;

How can there be liberation if there is no reduction in faults?

Pratikraman cleanses and there is no malice in others then;

No divisive difference of minds and intact are the relations with them!

Mind becomes pure and clean as proof of cleansing of sins;

Happiness is evident on the face, and light as a feather you feel!

‘Chandu, it is your mistake’ when someone says this to you;

Tell Chandu, ‘Chandu, your mistake maybe there’, hence the rebuke’!

The boss should never see the under-hand’s faults;

With police, judge or wife, why does he remain so meek?

Delay in doing pratikraman, do pratikraman for that too;

Mind wanders during Arati or Vidhi, for this inertia too!

To err is human nature, the way to be free from this err;

Only the Gnani shows it, ‘Do pratikraman, O, lucky one’!

Cause of fault is interference of the self; others have no concern;

The one who pays heed, stops the faults and binds no karma!

Akram Gnan manifests pragnya; pratikraman is automatic;

His state is free from abhorrence, like God, who has no egoism!

‘No hurt’ is Lord Mahavir’s word, do pratikraman for ‘hurting’;

You should get resolution or disposal; this life isn’t for fighting!

No such vision of faults is with Kramic path Gnani;

Look at the awareness of the one on Akram path; pratikraman is at every step!

Pratikraman is not needed if good qualities are seen in others;

Good behavior with them is the only inner intent of ours!

Egoism supports self’s faults and takes the side of the self;

Even the great sages are seen wedded to the egoism!

When the prices go up in business and customer is unhappy;

Don’t risk Self-realization; see the doer to be the ‘Vyavasthit’!

How has Dada placed us in Akram state while doing all our karma?

‘Vyavasthit’ controls this life and yet pratikraman frees from karma!

Look at Akram’s ultimate principle, it follows not the intellect;

It answers from all angles and brings the fool on the path!

If the black-marketer of this time understands ‘Vyavasthit’;

Pratikraman is his solution and dissolution of prakruti follows!

If the ignorant one charges interest, he will become a cruel person;

Self-realized one will do pratikraman here and clean this stain!

Doing creditor’s pratikraman, sends him positive effect;

Doing raag-dwesh or fighting binds ‘extra items’!

Faults of getting angry, stealing, dishonesty and immorality;

Scolding and objecting; pratikraman cleans this slate!

When dismissed by the boss, if he stays in pure Soul;

Even a death sentence won’t bind; the judge is simply doing the job!

Due to senseless egoism, one allows a scorpion to bite;

‘Gnani’ will do its’ pratikraman and put it aside!

On seeing someone aversion arises, understand that it is the enmity from the past;

You should do pratikraman for it and get freed from dislike or hatred!

Clashes between husband and wife, and the in-laws are unsettled account;

Do their pratikraman as well; they are the connections of the relative self!

This world is a place to pay off accounts of karma;

‘Akram’ says do pratikraman to be free from karma!

Pratikraman improves relations and additional loss won’t be there;

Echoes from others will arise or else India-Pakistan like war will be there!

When there is insult or loss of faith, cleansing removes the faults;

Cleansing must be done repeatedly like separating milk and salt!

If others are hurt you should know it right away;

Hurting words changes expression and smile will go away!

Giving pain makes you insolvent, if you terrorize, intimidate;

If you broke heart or hated, he will return the wrath as a snake!

Fight between in-laws causes hurt, attacks or suicide;

Do deep and prolonged pratikraman with self-criticism!

Gnani says ‘I cause pain occasionally and unintentionally;

Exception though this is, here, pratikraman I do specially!

Give protection, so he doesn’t fall, I consider his thoughts;

Handle his ‘Vyavasthit’ and stop him before he falls!

One makes a mistake, asks forgiveness, repeats same mistake;

Explain him with love, forgive him and have good thoughts!

Others go on making mistakes and are never aware of this fault;

No repentance or forgiveness, hence the loss of love and respect!

They should be opposed and to tolerate them is senseless;

Make them aware of it and forgive them with pure heart!

And yet if nothing happens, then finally you should tolerate;

Or else, mind will be spoiled, say ‘that’s how it is’ and tolerate!

If someone is hurt by me and then he doesn’t come near me;

End this with pratikraman, I complete the account of karma!

Is there anything wrong if one lets go because of egoism?

Gnani says it is wrong, there’s charge of being instrumental!

Yet, if he stiffens up, resolution ‘pending’; you shouldn’t oppose him;

Keep on doing pratikramans, some day inner burning will subside!

After prolonged altercation do collective pratikraman;

‘Dada Bhagwan, I am diligently doing its’ pratikraman!’

Collision in the world is the account of the worldly interactions;

Pratikraman repairs the mind, not to break it, is Gnan-essence!

Relative self’s conflict, pratikraman ends its origin;

When conflicts end, liberation happens in three lifetimes!

If he multiplies, you divide with the same number;

Thus avoiding conflict and clash is benefit of Akram!

Conflicts of speech and body are called gross forms;

Others know not- are of mind and called subtle forms!

Someone is seen attacking; ‘Vyavasthit’ arises in mind;

Still if his fault is seen; in subtler level mistake you’ve slipped!

If you strongly decide that no one is at fault here;

Yet if fault is seen, it is the subtler form of conflict!

Engrossment with file number one is the subtlest conflict;

Awaken, do pratikraman, it’s the eminent way to be free!

Vibrations of pratikraman will reach other person instantly;

Karma binding of atikraman happens when ego and intellect join!

Seed of raag-dwesh result in like-dislike type circumstances;

Single remedy of pratikraman will destroy the root of raag-dwesh!

Different types of thoughts about pride, envy or doubt may come;

Do instant pratikraman, or else it reaches other person before too long!

Doubt that ‘a robber will rob me’ makes a happy person unhappy;

You’re owner of universe, can morning dew extinguish a volcano?

What is the reason for fear? You consider yourself as temporary;

Fear vanishes with the understanding – vision of ‘I am the eternal Self’!

Repentance burns the faults like a string that burns to ashes;

In next life, uprooting of these faults, a simple touch causes!

After attaining Self-realization, even pratikraman is an effect;

Slash the faults by pratikraman, remaining as the pure one, the dirt is cleansed!

Atikraman in eating-drinking brings on body’s ailment;

Atikraman is innate nature and pratikraman is self-effort!

Ask for Gnani’s forgiveness if you break the laws of eating;

If you don’t endorse addiction, then one day you’ll be quitting!

If you don’t do pratikraman, the parmanus will stick again;

Addiction will return in next life, opinion supporting it will make it stick!

If discharge is not known-seen and pratikraman is not done;

Mind will continue to form since the opinions aren’t gone!

After Self-state, do purusharth of the Self, Liberation surely you’ll get;

But in following Agna, doing pratikraman, there may be defect!

Dada sometimes drank tea but first He did its’ Pratyakhyan;

Otherwise tea will stay with you, Gnani remains forever alert!

Pain happens to the body, simply ‘see’ and ‘know’ it as separate;

Non-violent intent and separation, is absence of arta and raudra dhyan

Atikraman binds karma and not bound through conduct;

Pain never touches ‘Ambalal’ for a moment, due to ‘Vignan’!

Adverse meditation arta and raudra, harass every moment;

Arta results in animal state and raudra sends one to hell!

Worry of future is artadhyan, and one hurts the self;

Bullet of worry doesn’t hurt others, even his wife isn’t aware!

Causing pain to others, giving pain even in thoughts;

Raudradhyan it is called cause others get its’ effect!

Change the meditation of arta and raudra when it happens;

‘It is the result of my karma’, see others as just the evidentiary nimit!

To see the world as flawless is known as dharmadhyan;

Cleaning with pratikraman, Gnani counts it as dharmadhyan!

Repenting done once turns raudra to arta meditation;

Pratikraman again for it, arta becomes dharma contemplation!

You have become pure Soul; non-Self complex does arta-raudra dhyan;

non-Self complex does pratikraman, that’s when it is dharmadhyan!

Pure Soul’s is shukla meditation, non-Self complex’s dharmadhyan;

In the end thus parmanus are made absolutely pure!

Arta-raudra meditation never happens in Akram Gnan;

Inside shukla, outside dharma; because ego is lifeless!

Faults that happen now since their pratikraman wasn’t done;

One can get freedom from them if proper pratikraman is done!

Knowing the fault is dharmadhyan, meditation as the Self is shukladhyan;

Inner ‘Absolute’, outer ‘dharma’- know it as state of one more life!

On Akram path, one can go as far as this State;

If inner and outer are ‘Absolute’, moksha happens in the same life!

‘Guests show up at late night’; on seeing them there is strife in mind;

‘Why did the deadbeats show up now’-words promptly flash in mind!

Yet, to their face he says, ‘Welcome, will you take some tea?’

The guests will ask for Khichdi, vegetables or for some curry!

Wife gets upset, husband asks, ‘When are they leaving?’

Wife says, ‘How do I know? Your friends, your habits!’

Tradition states ‘Guest is God’; yet there is arta-raudra dhyan;

For this, pratikraman is necessary, or else, he digs a mine of loss!

Self-realized person’s intents don’t change by doing pratikraman;

He gets rid of faults forever by doing pratyakhyan and pratikraman!

The fault remains pending if pratikraman is not done;

Increase one-two lives, or to Liberation if instantly done!

If a person is openly angry, today from karma he is free;

If angry in his mind, he will bind karma for the next life!

Do pratikraman for abhorrence, because attack is committed;

Attachment is discharge karma; Gnani explains this thoroughly!

However, if one isn’t alert and Agna he didn’t follow;

Do pratikraman for attachment as well or he will fall!

If there is inner link or violent intent, it is called kashay;

If they are absent, it isn’t kashay, there’s only discharge!

Yet, if others get hurt from your discharge kashay;

Doing pratikraman is proper according to Tirthankars!

Kashays may be heavy, they’re relative’s property after all;

‘Seer’ is not burned there; Gnan gives him protection!

Discharge faults are lifeless after Self-realization state;

Their karma are not heavy, Gnani jokes about the faults!

Heartily pratikraman ends the faults in short effort;

Repeated pratikraman, by law, frees one from bondage!

Wholesome pratikraman is acceptable when there’re multiple faults;

‘Dada, I am doing wholesome, please accept it as the total for all’!

If no courage for face to face, ask forgiveness in the mind;

Do face to face with a noble person; others will abuse it otherwise!

Before going to Liberation, exhaust the subtle body;

Do collective pratikraman and you will be free finally!

It is called self-effort when one does pratikraman for faults;

State of valiance is being the Knower of the one who knows!

Anger kashay that is bound for infinite lives is like a crack in a boulder;

Business of repeating lives continues if there’s no pratikraman!

Anger that one didn’t repent for is like a crack in the ground;

It persists since pratikraman-pratyakhyan were not done for that!

Fifth step of spirituality is wholesome pratikraman-pratyakhyan;

By doing them one arrives at the sixth which is called pratyakhyan!

Faults cause millions of veils; do as many pratikramans;

Because collectively done in past, veils continue to hinder!

Pratyakhyani veils are like a line drawn in the sand;

Burnt out kashays are like a line that is drawn in water!

When karma of kashay unfolds and affects the self within;

There is suffering of pain; they’re called pratyakhyani kashays!

When karma of kashay unfolds and do not affect the self;

Bliss prevails within; they’re called ash-like kashays!

At the fourth step is Self-realization; fifth is one of no-resolve;

Sixth is with resolve where file is thick in worldly life!

At the sixth step, external conduct is not accounted;

At seventh sobriety manifests and eight is one of ‘never-before’!

When sexuality-tuber and attachment with woman is gone;

One crosses the ninth and thus to the tenth he goes!

When parmanu of anger-pride-deceit-greed do not exist at all;

There’s total void of these kashays; one achieves the state of God!

In discharge karma, even one parmanu of kashay isn’t seen;

Dada has seen Absolute Self, experience-state one achieves!

Preaching while kashays are there, one goes to hell, alas!

Big difference in punishment if a lawyer commits a crime!

An ignorant person should not go on stage and preach;

‘I am learning’; others listen to the words and learn!

After becoming pure Soul he knows ‘vyavasthit’ as the doer;

Instant pratikraman is done, Self-realized is only the Knower!

No one’s fault is seen and freedom from all attachments prevails;

While all worldly acts are done, this is the way of Akram Vignan!

Where there is absence of anger, it is Lord Mahavir’s forgiveness!!

Not a thing to be given, is the valiant person’s natural forgiveness!

Where one is in Knower-Seer state, kashays are totally absent;

Mistake in Knower-Seer state, rule of kashays will be in front!

Go on doing pratikraman, sticky karma will be lighter;

Result of pouring lead in the ears, Mahavir had to suffer!

Wherever violence was done, mosquitoes or bedbugs were killed;

Place their Souls before you and repent, then you will be freed!!

Always keep the inner intent to save all living beings;

They may be saved or not, you will be saved from the risks!

Spray chemicals in the farm or cut the grass or tender shoots;

Repent for doing this even if you have to do it again!

Pray to God everyday heartily for about ten minutes;

From whence befall upon me; business involving violence!

If intent is for total non-violence, karma’s account won’t bind;

Pratikraman frees from revenge, violence, attachment-abhorrence!

Freedom from all kinds of enmity is attained with pratikraman;

The other person may free you or not, now ‘he is’ responsible!

Do pratikraman for old faults and those faults are then disposed off;

When there’s no new karma drawn, where’s the question of the bond?

Past is gone forever and your future is in ‘Vyavasthit’s’ hands;

Remain in present all the time and hold on to ‘Gnani’s’ talks!

What do you do if fireworks blast off? Let the big ones go off;

Do pratikraman for bomb-like attacks; their impact will fizzle off!

If atikraman gets started while you do pratikraman;

Wash it patiently; you’ll never run out of this ‘soap’!

It is improper to form even a single wrong thought about the enemy;

He is under the realm of unfolding karma; and one who is alert will be free!

Lord Parshvanath had to pay off enmity’s debt over ten life times;

Enmity is disposed with equanimity with awareness of Akram Vignan!

Pure Soul has manifested, now, do Self-effort valiance;

Uproot spiritual blockades and opinions, and do their pratikraman!

Relative self forms opinions; direct light of the Self uproots them;

Call the opinions as incorrect and do divisions to uproot them!

Opinions are effective and cause others to have dislike for you;

That inevitably gives result by keeping you away from the Self!

Getting what you like or dislike depends on credit or debit karma;

See Self in the evidentiary nimits; pudgal is alien, under the realm of the non-Self!

Pratikraman frees from opinions, there’s no approval in action;

Circumstances made him a thief; in your heart hold no accusation!

Freedom from opinions, is freedom from the root of faults;

Your previous protection of faults is why they had carried on!

Freedom from opinions means, parmanus have purified;

They don’t bind anymore and thus get pure; if they bind karma, they become mixed!

Pudgal’s parmanus say, ‘you had become greedy for us;

You’ve become pure Soul now, so you have to now purify us!’

By doing pratikraman, you will be the opponent of opinions;

You’ll see the relative as flawless and you’ll see the real as pure!

In the morning, say five times, ‘I will not be involved in sexuality;’

Say this with same level of focused awareness as when counting money!

Bondage of karma these days may send one to animal from human state;

From five senses to one sense, beware now and reach Liberation state!

Now you have Akram Gnan, uproot all the veils;

Be alert at every moment and finally be done with sexuality!

Own fault is not seen, there’s intoxication of sexuality all day;

Sexuality’s blockade is great; never it allows freedom any day!

Sexual thought upon seeing, know the secret of this event;

Illusory attachment filled in past life, brings on the circumstance says our Gnan!

The mind shows phases then according to charged moha;

Do repeated pratikraman, it will uproot sexuality’s tuber!

Continue cleansing the impurities with remorse till the end;

Cleansing shall exhaust them; clear and distinct Self-experience is next!

Sexuality’s seed, once sown, shall take form, then end;

Cleansing before it takes root will make it insignificant!

Only if both have sexual fever, should they take the medicine;

To exert pressure or to beg for it is considered as forgery!

Sexuality’s inner blockade is reason for wandering life after life;

Change opinion of pleasure in sex, pratikraman is the remedy!

Vow to have one wife in this time is the boon for celibacy;

If for another woman, you don’t spend the mind uselessly!

The ascetics will not see a woman’s face, there, who is at fault?

Whose womb were you born from? Find it out and kill that fault!

Mind’s restlessness ends, celibacy contains the mind;

Self-realization conquers the world, not just the mind!

Gnani’s energyful words and your strong resolve;

You can be in brahmacharya, whether married or not!

With Akram-Gnan, if one succeeds in celibacy;

He’ll be king of kings and the world will bow to him!

Win over sexuality, be alert, do pratikraman at every moment;

Stick to vows, do Samayik; these purify mind, speech and body!

The result of illicit sexuality is the attainment of animal state;

Pratikraman and strong resolve, freedom from it you can get!

Caught up in greed or temptation, keep on doing pratikraman;

Only strong obedience of Agna will break this veil!

Every act of Dada is for our Gnan advancement;

Cut off the relative self; now prevail in Self-Gnan!

At final boundary of Atikraman, Vasudevas and Prativasudevas;

Suffer in the seventh hell, others aren’t capable to reach there!

To improve the spoiled game; don’t spoil intent anywhere;

Do pratikraman for the spoiled; that’s how ‘eternal’ you’ll get!

Telling a lie is karma’s result; intent there, is karma-bondage;

Hence, do repentance here and your opinions you will change!

After the opinion about lying is gone, you are not responsible at all;

Lying then is karma-result; remember that it too will give result!

In relative religion, one ‘has to do’ pratikraman for the wrong;

‘Knower-Seer’ in real religion, pratikraman ‘happens’ for the wrong!

Whole life, do one thing only, see what ‘Chandu’ is doing;

Dispose off good and bad, evacuate shop, do no new filling!

If your speech causes pain to others, do pratikraman instantly;

Decide to be in Agna, know speech is of the non-Self’s and under its’ realm!

You make a suggestion and show different opinion;

Lying for the Self, know it as the great truth!

Dada has declared to the world that worldly interaction is mandatory;

‘Vyavasthit’ controls interactions but pratikraman is voluntary!

Ask for forgiveness in every way, in person or with soft eyes;

If the other person hurts you, stop bowing down to him!

In suggesting, your purpose is pure but the others get hurt;

Do pratikraman for ‘not knowing how to say it properly’!

Others should feel no pain; such should be your speech;

Interactions should be dramatic; or else you have to clean!

For making fun, jest, ‘joke’; one has to do pratikraman;

Otherwise, Gnani’s speech, His ‘tape-record’ is less clear!

When an intelligent person makes fun of the less intelligent;

It is misuse of the light and ends up as punishment of the self!

If something wrong comes out in speech or in one’s inner intent;

Others tape this instantly, doing pratikraman here is correct!

By doing pratikraman, your speech will improve in this lifetime;

Dada’s speech became acceptable to all, after his interactions purified!

Instead of feeling remorse keep heightened awareness;

Veils that obstruct on the way, remove them with pratikraman!

‘This’ Satsang’s poison is better than the nectar of outside world interaction;

Here, quarrel or fight; yet there’s Liberation, by doing huge pratikraman!

If you can’t come near Dada, feel the regret and do pratikraman at that time;

Flush out the worries and raag-dwesh and remember Dada all the time!

If an ant is swept away in urine, Dada does pratikraman;

Reading of a book without performing due rites; that is a mistake!

Even though helpful for all, if two people were made to separate;

Benevolence for the ignorant, yet you have to do its’ pratikraman!

If pratikraman does not happen, it is prakruti’s fault;

It isn’t obstruction karma; keep intent of ‘seeing’ with heightened energy!

To cleanse sticky karma use the soap according to the stickiness;

Exert extra energy then there will be a strong Knower-Seer state!

For the burden of old mistakes, no choice but to wash them off;

Do pratikraman, clean relative-self; it’s Dada’s only treatment!

Sit down for one hour daily to do sticky file’s pratikraman;

He’ll be milder, he’ll turn around and there’ll be definite change!

Resolution after repentance, is the best form of purification;

Decision that ‘I won’t do it again’ is God Mahavir given resolution!

You’ve to only form inner intent to dispose with equanimity;

Whether the disposal may occur or not, that is nature’s authority!

Sticky karmas of file number one are disposed off just by ‘seeing’;

No need for pratikraman there, Akram Gnan’s remedy is simple!

Only the guilty one commits a crime, a judge shouldn’t take responsibility;

Chandulal makes the mistakes and pratikraman is also his responsibility!

After attaining Akram Gnan, when does the reservoir get empty?

After eleven to fourteen years, then, no more kashay remain!

Interference happens rarely, death likewise is a rare event;

‘Future’ is not under vyavasthit, ‘what has happened’ is vyavasthit!

When horrible karma unfold, if Gnan of ‘vyavasthit’ is present;

If You ‘see’ what is happening, then, pratikraman is not required!

Call it true pratikraman that ‘speaks up’ on the third day;

Attraction towards us, even Dada Himself will lay!

Pratikraman done for the dead reaches the immortal Soul within;

Our puzzles are solved, when we think- ‘no one ever dies’!

In opposition through speech and body against anyone;

Total energy won’t manifest even if the mind is antagonistic!

See thoughts in mind, keep them separate and they will be gone;

If someone was hurt by thoughts, pratikraman for it must be done!

If your inner intent is bad for the other or his for yourself;

Don’t look for the reason why; go to the path of pratikraman!

Vitarag you will be, when with a clean mind, you go through what you don’t like;

Do pratikraman when it spoils and ask here for the energy to purify!

At bedtime, check the account of pure Soul and do the clearance;

See the world as flawless and go to sleep after doing pratikraman!

Wrong thought for Gnani or Tirthankar; cleanse it off instantly;

Ask for forgiveness again and again and ‘see’ the intellect’s coquetry!

Cleanse off the pain you caused in temples by doing pratikraman;

Those karma will rise to give result, there is no other deterrent!

Focusing on old faults, ‘seeing’ them will destroy the veils;

They are in memory for removal; therefore do instant pratikraman!

Pratikramans were not done: hence they come in memory,

Pratyakhyans were not done; hence they come as desire!

Faults come to memory again and again, cleanse them again and again;

Remove them like layers of an onion, they will be uprooted in the end!

If it is in memory, do pratikraman if in desire, do pratyakhyan;

Past-projected happiness causes desire; surrender this false pride!

Phone and keep other’s pure Soul in front, see your own faults;

To repent and ask for pardon is Akram’s short pratikraman!

Mistakes made in past life give result in this life;

Proper pratikraman for them gives immense bliss!

If one hour a day is spent for the purpose of doing pratikraman;

You get chance to balance account with relatives and neighbors!

This will burn off faults and the film will be easily seen here;

Disposal is attained thus and freedom from bonds will be there!

‘That’s what I did’, says Dada, cleared with each and everyone;

‘I’ did not rest while there was unhappiness in mind of anyone!

Get success with Akram, such an easy path won’t be there again;

Give up this habit of temptation, awaken, only half-life remains!

Do only that which Gnani shows, don’t follow your own patterns;

If you do, the result is unpredictable and that is called swachhand!

Doing pratikraman ends all enmity in this life itself;

It is Lord Mahavir’s principle and nothing’s beyond that!

If both do for each other, their faults will come to an end faster;

Half the work will end it and then other issues can be addressed!

After committing one crime, a series of crimes will start;

Corruption, adultery, will take one to an animal state!

Call it proper pratikraman, one that’s done at every moment;

Faults of whole life are seen-known and cleanly balanced!

Akram’s unparalleled pratikraman is rewarding established truth;

One sees the link from childhood to present as in a video film!

Feel free and light as a feather, cleanse from gross to the subtlest;

Finally find root cause of faults and experience bliss that is different!

Once pratikraman starts, it may not stop for a longtime;

Like a pulley unwinding after a rope has gone through it!

While doing pratikraman of life, one isn’t in Liberation or worldly state;

Direct light of Soul shows the deepest faults and manifests energy of Self!

Inner self is totally nonfunctional, only pragnya is functional;

Breaks the layers one by one, results in ending birth and death!

While doing pratikraman, there is no effect whatsoever on the Self;

Raag-dwesh’s approval is why the fault was created in the inner-self!

When link of pratikraman continues and Self’s experience occurs;

Complete Knower-Seer state manifests and the bliss is more and more!

If a fault is acknowledged, consider it gone there and then;

Seeing family as faultless, consider it true pratikraman!

When is the other person truly at fault? If Self is the doer;

But Self is non-doer and all acts are just discharge karma!

If any embodied Soul is seen guilty, you haven’t achieved purity;

This is sense organ based knowledge, with pratikraman clean impurity!

In conviction, world is innocent, when does it become an experience?

When surrounded by bugs and snakes, you see their innocence!

Gnani’s conviction and actions prevail in seeing the world as faultless;

He does pratikraman for missing Self-focus, preserves the state of alertness!

Once a year in Aurangabad, ‘Dada’ arranged sacred ceremony;

Ask each other’s forgiveness to clear endless lives’ animosity!

He invoked great protection to help clean everyone’s karma;

They fell to each other’s feet, cried openly and felt lighter!

Enmity with dharma colleague formed over many a lifetimes;

Do pratikraman for that, get freed and hold Gnani’s Agna at heart!

Confession with Gnani done in person or in writing;

Gnani has to free him because at heart he has oneness!

When secret faults are confessed, Gnani’s sacred ritual cleanses them;

You do pratikraman-repentance and read the confession for a month!

Where purity of heart is there, one feels unity with everyone;

In exposing a major fault; the mind feels Gnani’s splendor!

God’s grace befalls upon you as a result of the confession;

Confession is always secret here; Gnani has no deception!

If you hide the faults from Gnani, the faults will become double;

Freedom will be difficult and the awareness will be much veiled!

Confession can be done to a Guru or to ‘Dada’ within you;

If inner Dada can’t be seen, pray to ‘this’ One in particular!

Odd are sexuality’s faults now, enmity with daughter, brother, sister;

In satsang or with colleagues; beware, there’s still time to cleanse them!

Just as a wife doesn’t forget her husband even for a moment;

Same with pratikraman will solve infinite mistakes!

Bombarding of short pratikraman, take forgiveness from the pure Soul;

Repentance of, ‘I won’t do it again’ is sufficient in short version!

If the enmity is deeper, you have to do proper pratikraman;

Then the enmity will end and bring end to new atikraman!

In the further depths of pratikraman, past life can also be seen;

If discharge karmas are simple, layers can be thoroughly pierced!

When faults are ‘wholesale’, hundreds of them with one person;

Do wholesome pratikramans and follow that with the resolves!

Faults that were committed knowingly must be cleansed individually;

Wholesome pratikraman clears those that were done unknowingly!

Collectively clear certain sexuality’s innumerable mistakes;

Then one reaches the goal; otherwise, one wanders places!

While getting married, he dressed up and showed off immensely;

He has to do pratikraman now if he didn’t think it as temporary!

Slipping from Self-intent to self-intent, engrossed in Chandu;

One who follows the five Agnas can never slip to Chandu!

Self never gets engrossed in the intents of the relative self;

Self ‘knows’ engrossment, what gets engrossed is the ego!

Even in dream, proper pratikraman can be done;

Do it after waking up, crime can be admitted any time!

‘Sorry’ is not pratikraman but it is a good thing to say;

Making mind free of attacks, it calms the other!

After attaining shukladhyan, pratikraman in ‘Kramic’ is poison;

Pratikraman is Akram’s medicine to be taken by file one!

‘Self’ is not to do pratikraman but makes ‘file one’ do it;

Energy of manifested Pragnya shows faults and warns you!

After getting Akram Gnan, ‘self’ becomes ‘pure Soul’;

Rest is ‘Vyavasthit’, only ‘see’ the ‘file one’ now on!

Go on ‘seeing’ what ‘Chandu’ is doing, nothing else is to be done;

If you missed ‘seeing’, there, pratikraman is the thing to be done!

All circumstances arise as a result of Self’s extra result;

Pratikraman will purify them and cause them to disperse!

The Scientist of the Absolute has no need for doing pratikraman;

Remedy is for those burnt by interference in the natural process!

Gnani’s speech may appear contrary but depends on the questioner;

The fever from cold is the same, one gets quinine other gets metacine!

Pudgal does atikraman and pudgal runs the world;

Becoming charged through ‘I am this’, parmanus become pur-gal-fill-empty!

‘I am doing’ pratikraman, is puran-charge;

The ‘non-Self’ is doing pratikraman, is galan-discharge!

Pratikraman is done by pudgal, it asks for pure Soul’s pardon;

Soul hands over the phone to pudgal and gets pudgal’s pardon!

Direct light of Self makes you do own pudgal’s pratikraman;

When harm is done to others, do their pudgals’ pratikraman!

Ask for forgiveness from pure Soul for faults of own pudgal;

Pratikraman towards the relative self will clear all the faults!

You are the Knower of faults and the doer is quite different;

Knower state won’t last long, so pratikraman you perform!

This packing called ‘Chandu’, make it God;

As long as there is the reflection, climbing is Your path!

Atikraman and pratikraman are done by the ego;

Pragnya, the direct energy of Self, warns against the faults!

Hurt to his ego is verily the stain on your self;

Beyond your control it is, pratikraman washes it!

Listen to the Vitarag, there’s nothing to be done;

Bondage is in ‘doing’, be it religion or not religion!

Knowing world as flawless in the gross level is not enough;

Knowing it at the subtlest level will bring it in one’s conduct!

Gnani does pratikraman even before fault happens;

Erasing after writing, Gnani’s awareness is eternal!

Only the subtler and the subtlest faults have remained in Gnani;

World hears and praises Him yet there is fault in the eyes of the natural law!

Dada ‘sees’ everyone’s faults yet ‘sees’ the Self in all;

Therefore, He never reproaches, ‘seeing’ unfolding karma as it is!

In pilgrimage, mahatmas fight and yet do pratikraman in the evening;

Ask for each other’s forgiveness, look at Akram-astonishing!

Decide to follow Agna, yet if you missed it someplace;

Do instant pratikraman, your marks will be a full hundred!

The One installed and still in Agna is the absolute Self, does pratikraman for missing;

Don’t apply intellect to Agna; you get hell-state for this swing!

When getting insulting words, see unfolding karma and pure Self;

See pure while remaining in pure, pure focus is religion of the Self!

Essential for Liberation is the Self-Gnan and nothing else;

Pratikraman is one remedy and it may not be needed for everyone!

In Akram one has been told ‘to do’; when awareness is dim;

For Liberation, Akram has placed, Agna-pratikraman’s team!

Doing harm is the result and one’s intent here is the cause;

Doing these pratikramans in Akram will uproot the cause!

If Dada calls you foolish, this atikraman makes you blissful;

This atikraman is an exception; everyone finds it very helpful!

Chandu’s acts are discharge karma, ‘seeing’ them gives experience;

Pratikraman is not required there, the vision of the Self will end them!

Parmanus tainted in the past, pratikraman will not purify;

Only the part where others were pained, pratikraman will purify!

Parmanus get purified by staying in the Knower-Seer state;

Doership is atikraman state and non-doership gives him free state!

‘I am not the doer of anything at all’ is in one’s awareness all the time;

No need for pratikraman there, everyone can’t be in this state all the time!

Akram Science made you ‘jump’ straight from ‘K.G.’ to ‘Ph. D.’;

To make up for the middle standards, pratikraman is the stairs unseen!

Akram Vignan is the complete and functional established truth;

There is nothing to be done here; Aho! Aho! It is so beneficent!

After giving Self-knowledge, Dada gave us complete Science;

Enlightening all different tracks connected with the Self in the center!

Rarely though it may look controversial, it’s never so with Gnani;

Generator’s energy is distributed to ‘A. C.’ or ‘Heater’ as necessary!

Hence, there is no controversy; it is the way in which one uses electricity;

Please read keeping this in mind; to the well informed is our request with humility!

PART 2 - UNDERSTANDING SAMAYIK

DEFINITION OF SAMAYIK

Samayik is to Be the Self and ‘see’ the self.

There is difference in Akram’s pratikraman and samayik;

Pratikraman for atikraman; cleanses the house of inner Self!

Awareness of, ‘I am pure Soul’; remaining in Five Agnas;

Natural spontaneous state as this; that is samayik!

Knowing state prevails in samayik; every moment in the present;

If applied awareness does not always prevail; in samayik it will!

Samayik of Akram will dissolve the nature of mind, body and speech;

Aura of samayik prevails all day for the Self-realized!

For what little one was told ‘to do’; defective goods did one bring;

No other solution to be rid of it; nothing’s achieved without worthiness!

Traditional definition of Samayik is to drive away the thoughts;

To try and stabilize the mind but ineffective are these efforts!

Mind is not steady and he keeps looking at the clock;

He also makes small talks as he listens to discourse!

After deciding for Samayik, he gets few moments of freedom;

He does what the mind likes, scandal, slander, and deception!

Samayiks done in houses of worship are a sight to see;

Teachers need to wake up, followers need to improve!

Once the mind becomes slippery, how can you contain it?

You decide not to think about your shop, yet you’ll think it!

Reading a book during Samayik is actually a form of study;

Focus placed elsewhere, is not the correct method to do it!

Oh! Puniyaa Shravak’s samayik, no one can do like it;

Ascetics, teachers, saints, sect-leaders struggle there!

You did the act of Samayik, did you ever do intent samayik?

Intents are driven away and only acts have remained in Kramic!

Instead of doing such samayik, have equanimity in life;

At home with husband, children, in-laws and relatives!

What is the use of doing an awkward and tense samayik?

If the mind can’t remain steady, it isn’t worth two cents!

Mahavir’s scale applies here and those on His path are accepted;

It is not a lawless reign here and falsehood shall not be tolerated!

Removal of arta and raudra dhyan is the essence of Jain religion;

If they aren’t removed, it is Jain by birth only and a waste of life!

Samayik without a subservient mind yields no spiritual gain;

Is driving away cats and dogs a samayik or a disgrace?

Karma through mind is samrambha; karma through speech is samaarambha;

Know the three-fold bondage: karma through body is arambha!

‘What is broken in the house?’ asks the man while doing Samayik;

‘Your Soul has broken’-says Dada; he has ashamed Lord Mahavir!

The one whose arta-raudra dhyan have totally stopped;

Is always in samayik; the Lord has already authenticated this fact!

While doing samayik, the big boss visits the ‘public house of pleasure’;

Or he calculates money in business; just see how wrong his leisure is!

Useless samayik is where the inner and outer self, prevail as separate;

Lord Mahavir will not accept it, a dual mode is not allowed there!

Gnan Vidhi is such a ‘samayik’ that one cannot do by himself;

Therefore, Dada always tells us to be there again and again!

The goal of continuous awareness, ‘I am pure Soul’ is samayik;

Remaining within five Agnas all day, the work gets done!

Seeing pure Soul in everyone for one hour nonstop;

Puniyaa Shravak’s samayik, it’s the highest pure applied awareness!

Forgetting the world while remaining in pure applied awareness is Samayik;

Inauspicious attention gives lower life state and that is a false samayik!

True meaning of samayik is, it won’t allow any adverse intent;

Even when insulted or beaten up, he won’t change his inner intent!

In true samayik, he becomes Shraman-like follower of the Lord;

Attaining a state of equanimity, he is the true lover of Mahavir!

In Akram path, mahatmas are taught about samayik;

No need for lotus position, it may lock up the knee!

First do pure-Soul-Vidhi, be steady in the Self-state;

For every part of the inner self- antahkaran, Be the ‘Seer’ and the ‘Knower’!

Separating as the Self, ‘see’ everything that’s happening within;

See the film for forty-eight minutes and a fountain of bliss sprouts!

In Akram, samayik is necessary, especially for sharpening focused awareness;

The one in such pure focused awareness, becomes free from all mistakes!

A thought comes, sexual vision arises, say, ‘Not mine’ and separate;

In samayik, one can quickly and easily dissolve knot of sexuality!

In Akram, samayik or pratikraman are not just overt rituals;

It is pragnya’s Knowledge in action, and the Self’s original energy!

Samayik strengthens the mind, increases the ability to Be the Self;

It dissolves all tubers and gives clear experience of bliss as the Self!

Sexuality, kashays, attachments and faults are seen in samayik;

Seeing as the Self, dissolves them and all impurities get cleared up!

Various phases of past faults are dug up in detail and are seen;

Once there is the Self’s Presence; all faults get exposed and seen!

As such, if one attempts to recall, he won’t remember anything;

With Self-state in samayik, he can ‘see’ faults by the second!

Seeing faults in samayik, ‘see’ them again and again to the end;

This results in conduct as the Self, it’s commission is the empire’s wealth!

To start, do samayik for eight minutes, later, for forty-eight;

Dhyan-meditation can’t last longer, don’t cut short for a minute!

During samayik, if the mind wanders, why should you get frightened?

Mind is to be Known, You are the Knower; is there effect in the home from outside riots?

Mind is used in the ‘vyavahar’ samayik; Self does the Self samayik;

Vyavahar results in credit-karma, nirgranth – tuber-free from the Self!

In Akram, samayik and pratikraman are done at the same time;

Knowing-seeing and cleansing is when one perfects the practice!

Sexuality’s force is excessive these days; samayik purifies the disease;

Violence, pride, greed, deceit, anger- will then leave with ease!

For awareness of separation, Dada recommends samayik;

Those who practice will have experience same as a Gnani!

O, pure Soul Lord, You are separate, Chandu is separate;

O, pure Soul Lord, You are real, Chandu is relative,

O, pure Soul Lord, You are permanent, Chandu is temporary;

Ask for energy that is lacking, wherever it is felt necessary!

Mirror-samayik is unique; it is a wonderful research of Gnani;

‘See’ him ‘completely’ separate; unleash the torrent of correction!

‘You did such and such faults’- show him a lot;

If done by a hired hand, this samayik will have no effect!

In ‘reproach samayik’, heavily rebuke your relative self;

Go to terrace and tell him off, you are the boss and servant too!

As the body-complex, by nature, gets older and older;

Do samayik from the start; remaining weakness remove later on!

‘Can’t do, Can’t do’-is the topic of samayik;

‘Did it, Did it’- breaks the obstruction, by doing samayik!

‘Seeing’ the ‘Seer’ separate, happens in Akram samayik;

‘pure Soul’ lights the Self-and the non-Self, absolute Self lights both!

Soul verily is samayik, when that remains all time;

Gnani says, ‘Do samayik to cleanse the faults of past time’!

After granting awareness of the Self, gives five Agnas to follow;

Do ‘Pratikraman-samayik’, if you miss any Agna, dear fellow!

This samayik-pratikraman erected forever by Dada Bhagwan;

Serves to eternalize the message of Lord Mahavir Bhagwan!

- Dr. Niruben Amin

Special notes to readers

¨ The word Self, with 'S', refers to the awakened Soul, which is different from the worldly soul (non-awakened self), written with 's'. The term Shuddhatma (pure Soul) is used by the Gnani Purush for the awakened Self, after the Gnan Vidhi. Similarly, any word in the middle of a sentence, with capitalized first letter, or in inverted comas at the beginning of the sentence, refers to the awakened Self. This is an important distinction for the correct understanding of the difference between the awakened Self and the non-awakened self.

¨ Seeker - refers to a questioner who has not attained Dada's Gnan, so all Dadashri's answers under that are in response to them.

Otherwise:

Questioner - refers to those who have attained Dada's Gnan of the Akram Path.

¨ Wherever the name 'Chandubhai' is mentioned, the reader should substitute his or her name.

¨ Numbers in parenthesis i.e. refer to the page number in the original book in Gujarati from which text was translated.

PRATIKRAMAN

PART ONE

[1] The True Nature of Pratikraman

Worth Doing in Life

Seeker: What is the most important thing a human being should do in this life?

Dadashri: To speak and act exactly according to the thoughts in his mind. If you want to speak pleasant words, but there are negative thoughts in the mind, then you should do pratikraman (three step process of reversal from aggression through thoughts, speech and actions. These are recall of mistake, repentance and asking for forgiveness, and asking for energies not to repeat the mistake with firm determination). Who shall be your witness to the pratikraman ? You should do pratikraman with ‘Dada Bhagwan’ as your witness. This person that you see in front of you is not Dada Bhagwan. This person is A.M. Patel of Bhadran (a town in Gujarat, India). ‘Dada Bhagwan’ is the fully enlightened One within. He is the Lord of the universe that is manifest within this body. Pratikraman should be done in His name, as follows:

‘Dear Dada Bhagwan, this mind has had negative thoughts for which I ask your forgiveness. Please forgive me!’

I too do pratikraman with Him as the witness.

Seeker: So then what is our duty in this worldly life (sansar)?

Dadashri: You have to see how this worldly life is unfolding by being a witness (sakshi bhaav). And if the ego arises, you have to ask for forgiveness from the Lord. Any place where the ego of ‘I am the doer’ arises, you have to ask for forgiveness. Do you ask for forgiveness?

Questioner: Yes.

Dadashri: Whose forgiveness do you ask? Do you ask for God’s forgiveness?

Questioner: Yes.

Dadashri: You should ask for God’s forgiveness. That is the only solution, because if you ask for forgiveness, you will be forgiven.

If you make a mistake, then you should say, ‘Dear Lord! I have no desire to make a mistake, and yet it occurs, so please forgive me.’

Questioner: Many times I used to have this question as to why we worship the Lord, and why are we asking for forgiveness from Him.

Dadashri: We are asking for forgiveness for the mistakes that were committed to the world. The one who has not committed a mistake, why does he have to ask for forgiveness?

The Absolute Self is Beyond Karma

Seeker: In order to reach Parmatma (fully enlightened One), if we put aside religion and carry out only good actions, can we reach Him?

Dadashri: No, attaining the state of the absolute Self and karma have nothing to do with each other. If you do good deeds, you are doing dharma, nothing else. When you do bad deeds, you are doing adharma. If you do good deeds, people will say that you are a good person.

Doing good deeds is called dharma and doing bad deeds is called adharma and to transcend dharma and adharma (good deeds and bad deeds) is called Atma-dharma – the religion of the Self. If you do good deeds, you get credit and so you have to come back to enjoy that credit. When you do bad deeds, you create a debit and for that you have to suffer the debit in the next life. Where there is neither credit nor debit, the Self is attained. Where there is not even a dollar’s worth of credit or a debit, there the Self is attained.

Purity Through Repentance

Seeker: Having come into the worldly life, karma is inevitable. What should we do if we knowingly or unknowingly create wrong karma?

Dadashri: If that occurs, there is a remedy for it. Once a wrong karma – anything that hurts others through thoughts, speech or action – occurs, repentance should follow immediately. Repentance should be done wholeheartedly and with sincerity. Even after repentance, should it occur again there is no need to worry; just repent again. You are not aware of the science behind all this, so you may feel that despite your repentance, the wrong karma does not stop. Why it does not stop is also a science in itself. You should simply carry on repenting. If you repent for the wrong karma wholeheartedly, all of it will be washed away. If you hurt someone, then you should absolutely repent.

Seeker: When we carry out our normal daily activities of the body, do we have to repent for it?

Dadashri: Yes of course! Until you become Self-realized, if you fail to repent, you will continue to bind more karma.

Repentance will loosen the entangled knots of karma. If not, the result of the wrongful action you bind will be so horrendous that you may even forfeit human birth in your next life. And if you manage to attain human life again, it will be full of suffering and misery. You will be deprived of food and respect, and you will suffer constant insults. That is why repentance along with other rituals becomes necessary. This is called paroksha bhakti – indirect worship. Indirect worship is necessary until one attains Self-realization.

Now who should be a witness to your repentance? It should be done in the presence of the God you believe in, whether it is Lord Krishna, Dada Bhagwan or any other God. There is a cure for everything in this world. First the cure is born, and then the problem or affliction arises.

Today, the cure for all the diseases that have emerged in the world has already arisen. There is already a medicinal plant growing, and then later the disease arises. Therefore, the world is very exact. You have to go for the cure and solution. The cure is already there!

Kraman, Atikraman, Pratikraman

Why has the world come into existence? It is due to atikraman (aggression towards other living beings through thoughts, speech and action). Kraman (neutral actions; actions that do not have any good or bad implications) alone does not cause any problems. For example, if you go to a restaurant and break two dishes, and leave after paying for them, then it is not considered atikraman and, therefore, pratikraman is not necessary. But if you tell the manager that his waiter has broken them, then that is atikraman. Pratikraman has to be done for the atikraman that was done. Everything else is just kraman anyway. Natural and spontaneous talk is kraman, and there is no problem with that. However, atikraman occurs in this inevitably. Therefore, do pratikraman for it. (Gujarati Book Page-4)

Seeker: How does one know that atikraman has occurred?

Dadashri: You will know and so will the other person. You will know it from the expression on his face and you will be affected too. It will affect you both. That is why pratikraman should be done.

If a policeman tries to stop you and you do not stop; that is considered atikraman and for that you have to do pratikraman. Otherwise, you will have to go to court.

When we eat, it is not considered atikraman. Is having your hair cut considered atikraman?

Questioner: No.

Dadashri: Is shaving atikraman?

Questioner: No.

Dadashri: When you brush your teeth in the morning, is that atikraman?

Questioner: No, not even that.

Dadashri: Anger, pride, deceit and greed are all considered atikraman, so if you do pratikraman, they will leave. If you do pratikraman immediately after atikraman, the anger, pride, deceit and greed will disappear.

Endless Projections Due to Jolts of Ignorance

Every living being (jiva) is ‘projecting’ (planning, intention, bhaav), not due to its natural disposition but due to external forces. And we should continue doing pratikraman. This occurs due to the force of ignorance (agnan – ignorance of the Self) due to circumstances. We should keep doing pratikraman.

There is not only one type of projection; there are endless kinds. Whenever one encounters anything, he will not refrain

from projecting (doing bhaav). If one is on a bridge he will say, ‘Why did they construct this bridge so high?’ He will question that. Hey! What concern is it of yours? Are you married to the bridge? The moment he embarks upon the bridge, he starts this foolishness. The bridge is meant for getting across. There is no other concern with it and yet what does he do? ‘Why did they have to build this bridge so high?’ Do people say such things or not?

Seeker: Yes, they do, and in just five minutes, five thousand phases arise.

Dadashri: You say five thousand, but five minutes means three hundred seconds. Then there are endless samaya (the smallest indivisible time unit) in that second. Therefore, so many phases can arise in a second. This is how one continues to do endless atikraman.

The worldly life has arisen by atikraman and is destroyed by pratikraman.

The Real Meaning of Pratikraman

Questioner: If something unpleasant is occurring, and if I tolerate it, is that what you call pratikraman? (6)

Dadashri: No, you should not ‘tolerate’ but you should do pratikraman.

Questioner: So what is pratikraman?

Dadashri: If a person insults you, you should understand who the real culprit is behind the insult. Is it the one who insults or is it the one who feels insulted? This should be determined first. You should understand that the person who insults you is not at fault, not even to the slightest degree. He is merely a nimit (someone instrumental in the process) and it is due to the unfolding of your very own karma that the two of you are brought together. The fault is your own and you should do pratikraman if any negative feelings arise towards him. If you feel that he is worthless or deceitful, you have to do pratikraman. You do not have to do pratikraman if you have no ill feelings towards him or if you feel obligated to him for being instrumental in the discharge of your karma.

If anyone insults you, it is due to your very own karmic account and you should see the other person as a nimit. Even when your pocket gets picked, the pickpocket is a nimit who is settling your own karmic account. Generally, people blame the nimit and that is the cause of all conflicts.

Walking in the Wrong Direction is Atikraman

In your daily worldly interactions when you do something, you will know that you did something wrong against such and such a person, won’t you? The worldly interactions you carry out are kraman. Kraman means worldly interactions (vyavahar). Now if you have a misunderstanding with someone, you will realize that you used harsh words towards the other person or that you behaved wrongly towards him. Will you not know that? All that is called atikraman.

Atikraman is to walk in the wrong direction, and to walk back the same distance in the right direction is pratikraman.

It is Erased Immediately in This Way

Where there is conflict, there is no pratikraman and where there is pratikraman, there is no conflict.

Give to others what you would like to receive yourself and for that, you will bind merit karma (punya). A person cannot take one word of insult and yet he hurls five insults towards others. It is a grave liability to give to others what you do not like yourself. It should not be so. And if someone uses curse words towards you, it is in accordance with natural justice. Do not ask him why he is doing so. You should accept it as a credit in your karmic account.

Seeker: What occurs if we go to collect money that is owed to us?

Dadashri: He will give you two more insults. And if you ask him why he gave you only two insults, why not three, four or even one, he will tell you, ‘You think I have nothing better to do?’ Therefore, everything is in accordance to the natural justice. So deposit it in your karmic account. You should not retaliate in return, but if you do, then do pratikraman.

You have no right to physically punish your child. You only have the right to explain things to him. If you spank your child and fail to do pratikraman, you will bind negative karma. Pratikraman is necessary here. The spanking is due to the wrong nature of the prakruti (the mind, speech and body complex being the relative-self). It is kashays (inner weaknesses of anger, pride, deceit and greed) which lead to the spanking, but if you remember my words, ‘Do pratikraman,’ after you have spanked him, and if you do pratikraman, you will immediately erase the mistake. It is possible to erase it immediately.

Who is Exempt from Doing Pratikraman?

Dadashri: How many pratikramans do you do?

Questioner: Not even one.

Dadashri: So then how many atikramans do you do? Wherever there is atikraman, you always have to do pratikraman. There is no need for pratikraman if there is no atikraman. ‘I am Chandubhai’ is atikraman. However, for the sake of worldly interactions, this is pardoned. But does anyone get hurt because of you? If not, then there is no atikraman. If during the course of your day you hurt anyone, this is atikraman for which you should do pratikraman. (8)

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 dopratikraman 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 a way you understand. You understand that you did wrong and you have to decide not to do it again. You should vow not to do that again. If it still occurs again, if you repeat the mistake again, then you should repent again. As soon as you become aware of the mistake, you should repent and that much of your mistake will be destroyed. In the end everything will gradually come to an end.

How can you consider it a dharma (religion; rightful action) when it cannot destroy karma which creates further bondage? When can new karma stop? They can stop with pratikraman.

Asking for Energies to Rise Higher

Questioner: How and from whom should we ask for energies to rise higher within?

Dadashri: You can ask for the energies from your own Shuddhatma (pure Soul) or from the Gnani Purush. And those who are not Self-realized should ask for energies from their guru or from whatever God they believe in. You should make a list of all wrong you see within and ask for the energy to overcome them. Through faith, or with Gnan (enlightened knowledge), decide what is definitely wrong and then do pratikraman for it; ask for the shakti (energy) from the Gnani Purush that it should not be so. Then the mistakes will go away.

Large tubers of mistakes can be dissolved with samayik (to Be the Self and to ‘see’ the self) while other minor mistakes can be removed with prayer (pratikraman). Mistakes that have arisen in absence of prayer or pratikraman can be removed through prayer. All this atikraman has arisen due to ignorance of the Self. Paudgalik shakti (energies of the physical matter, energies of the non-Self) can be overcome through prayer (pratikraman). It is easy to slip down and difficult to climb up because paudgalik shakti is involved in slipping.

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.

Repentance for Unjust Worldly Interactions

Seeker: When I see injustice in daily life interactions and in business, the mind becomes upset. So what should I do when that affects the way I interact with people? How should I repent if there is any injustice on my part?

Dadashri: In the repentance there should be alochana (recall and confession of mistakes), pratikraman (repentance and asking for forgiveness), and pratyakhyan (resolve never to repeat the mistake and asking for the energies for this). This should be done in the presence of whichever God you believe in. Which God do you believe in?

Seeker: Lord Shiva.

Dadashri: Yes, so Lord Shiva should be your witness when you repent. You should do alochana which is to confess or admit that you erred with such and such a person. You should repent repeatedly. If you err, you should repent. In doing so, the mistake will decrease. Injustice will occur even though you may not wish to. This is due to the faults of the non-Self complex (prakruti). This fault of the non-Self complex is from the past life, not of the current life. Today you want to improve but because of your past life mistakes (cause), these faults continue to occur in this life (effect) and they will not leave without harassing you. For this you should continuously do alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan.

Seeker: What is the solution when I have to tolerate a lot of things?

Dadashri: You should tolerate without complaining. Tolerate with equanimity, without cursing the other person in your mind and with the understanding that he has released you from the bondage of your previous karma, and thank him sincerely for doing so. You should feel obliged to him. No one suffers without a reason. Your suffering is the result of your own past demerit karma.

Questioner: Please write this ‘alochana, pratikraman, pratyakhyan’ down for me. Help me get the confirmation from the Gnani Purush so that I can start doing alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan.

Dadashri: Yes, of course, you will have to do that! That you will learn here.

Oh! Pratikraman Even for That!

Questioner: Is pratikraman to be done only for seeing faults in others?

Dadashri: Not just for that, but also for telling lies or for doing something wrong. Pratikraman should be done if any transgression through thoughts, speech or acts is committed towards any living being. Pratikraman should also be done for violating any of the five mahavrats (the five supreme vows are ahimsa/non-violence; satya/truth; achaurya/non-theft; aparigraha/non-acquisitiveness and brahmacharya/celibacy).

Questioner: Why should I do pratikraman when the doer of the wrong is separate (‘Chandulal’)?

Dadashri: The Self is not doing pratikraman but the Self is making the one who makes the mistake (the relative self) do pratikraman. Pure Soul ( Shuddhatma) does not do pratikraman.

[2] Every Religion Supports Pratikraman

The Highest Relative Religion

The highest and most profound element of the Jain religion is alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan. It is actually in other religions too, but what is it like there? There people ask for an overall general forgiveness. It exists in Islam, Christianity and other religions. The custom of asking for forgiveness has been going on everywhere, but the method shown by the vitarag Lords, the one of doing alochana, pratikraman, pratyakhyan in the presence of the guru, is very scientific. It gives instant results. (13)

In the other, by asking for forgiveness, one reduces the demerit karma (paap), that is all; whereas with this pratikraman, demerit karmas are eliminated completely.

The Lord (all enlightened Ones) has said that true relative religion is that of alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan. And these, too, have to be done instantly; they will not work if left pending. If you hurt someone, keep a mental note of it and then after doing alochana, do cash pratikraman and pratyakhyan. This is what the Lord calls relative and real (vyavahar and nischay) pratikraman. But who will be able to do this?

This instant, ‘shoot-on-sight’ pratikraman is only possible for the one who is Self-realized, and he is, therefore, able to see his own faults. However, if a person who has not attained Self-realization also were to apply the principle of alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan in his daily life, it would still be beneficial for him even though he does not understand it. Self-realization will eventually come in front of him.

The one whose alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan are sincere will attain the Self for sure.

Seeker: Give me some solution, a vow or some form of repentance whereby, if I commit a demerit karma, I can attain purity and become free from it.

Dadashri: ‘We’ - the Gnani Purush and the fully enlightened One within - give you all that here. ‘We’ give you all the cures; all kinds of medicine. ‘We’ give you alochana, pratikraman pratyakhyan; ‘we’ give you everything.

Pratikraman Means to Turn Back from Demerit Karma

Dadashri: What is the meaning of pratikraman? Do you know?

Seeker: No.

Dadashri: Tell me the way you understand it.

Seeker: It is to turn back from demerit karma (paap).

Dadashri: To turn back from demerit karma! What wonderful justice the Lord has given, that to turn back from demerit karma is called pratikraman. But the demerit karmas still continue. Why is that?

Seeker: You are the only one to explain that. One is alochana, the second is pratikraman and the third is pratyakhyan; I do not understand these three words completely.

Dadashri: Pratyakhyan means ‘I am letting go of that thing today, I am giving it up.’ That is the intent behind it. If you want to give up something, then you have to do pratyakhyan.

Seeker: Pratikraman would be to repent. Is pratyakhyan to resolve never to repeat the mistake?

Dadashri: Yes, repentance is called pratikraman. Once pratikraman is done, the atikraman will not occur again. To vow, ‘I will never do that again. I promise not to repeat the mistake again,’ is called pratyakhyan.When you do pratyakhyan in this way in your mind, one layer of karma will be shed. Now if the same atikraman should occur again, it is because of another layer of karma so you should not be worried; you should just continue doing pratikraman.

Seeker: I should ask for forgiveness in my mind.

Dadashri: Yes, you have to ask for forgiveness.

Alochana

Seeker: What is alochana?

Dadashri: Alochana is to confess your misdeed exactly the way it occurred to your guru or to the Gnani. What do they call that in the court?

Seeker: To make a confession.

Dadashri: Yes, you should tell your guru or the Gnani Purush everything exactly as it occurred, without fear. You should not be afraid of what the guru will say; to be afraid, means he may even hit you! But you should confess everything to him without any fear. Then the guru will tell you to do pratikraman. So what do you have to do pratikraman for? The amount of pratikraman one needs to do depends on the amount of atikraman one did. Atikraman includes deeds that are unacceptable by society and the world – deeds that are condemned and anything that hurts others. If any of this applies, pratikraman is necessary.

Seeker: After doing alochana and pratikraman, should one not be aware that the mistake does not occur again?

Dadashri: That mistake will never occur again. True pratikraman is one where that mistake will never occur again, or it will gradually come to an end.

When you say that having done pratikraman, the mistake occurs again, that is referring to the kind of pratikraman that is done in the worldly life; it is a laukik pratikraman. Laukik means that it rewards you with a worldly life. When he does pratikraman, at least for the duration of that time he is not doing adharma (wrong karma through thought, speech and actions) and he binds merit karma (punya).

What is real pratikraman? It should be ‘shoot-on-sight’ pratikraman. Do they not have a rule of ‘shoot-on-sight’ during mass riots? That is how pratikraman should be. (16)

The guru had said to do pratikraman, but after doing pratikraman, pratyakhyan should be done too. One should do pratyakhyan by recalling the guru’s face and do pratyakhyan thus; ‘I will not make the mistake again.’ Pratyakhyan of your mistake means, ‘I will not do it again.’ Hence, all the three, alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan, should be done together.

Seeker: And should one maintain awareness that it does not occur again?

Dadashri: Constant awareness! Awareness does not mean for half an hour but it should be constant for twenty-four hours. Constantly! These people, after attaining Gnan from me, maintain constant awareness. They have not slept, lost awareness, for even a second.

If anyone who is not Self-realized has awareness and does pratikraman, then his wrong actions will decrease by that much and he will bind new merit karma (punya). As long as one has darshan mohaniya (right belief deluding karma or ignorance of the Self), one will continue to bind karma.

Alochana is always there with pratikraman. And pratikraman is the greatest spiritual weapon. So if you catch on to pratikraman dharma, meaning you practice pratikraman, then you will be fine even if you do not have a guru. Therefore, if you learn just this much from Dada, it is more than enough. This encompasses everything. Ask for forgiveness from ‘Dada’ whenever you do something wrong. You will become free from that misdeed. Is this difficult? Is Dada asking you to fast (as penance) for your wrong deeds? If Dada were to tell everyone to fast, people will feel that Dada starves them, but does Dada do that?

When someone insults you and you are affected by his actions, but you feel that it is a consequence of your own mistake and you continue to do pratikraman, then that is the Lord’s greatest Gnan. That verily will take you to liberation(moksha). If you abide by just one word or one sentence of ‘ours,’ it will take you to moksha. What will you do with anything else?

There is Atikraman As Long As There is Belief of Doership

Dadashri: You have to understand who binds karma. What is your name?

Seeker: My name is ‘Chandulal.’

Dadashri: Then the one who says, ‘I am Chandulal’ is the one that binds karma. Then even when you go to sleep, karmas are being bound throughout the night. What is the reason behind this? This is because ‘I am Chandulal’ is false assertion(aropit bhaav). You are really the pure Soul but you say you are ‘Chandulal’ [reader should insert his or her name here] and so you are in violation of the truth. In reality, you are not ‘Chandulal,’ and yet you claim that you are. ‘I am Chandulal’ is a false assertion and, with this belief, you are continuously 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. (18)

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 have awareness of the Self within the other person. It is precisely the Self within that person that you should address. Otherwise, you can direct yourpratikraman towards God by saying, ‘O Lord! I repent for my mistake. I ask for your forgiveness and resolve never to repeat it.’

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Texte: Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust
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Tag der Veröffentlichung: 07.07.2017

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