Understanding the Principle of Pratikraman (Gujarati Dadavani Aug-2017)

Every human being gets caught up in situations where pressure from circumstances is such that even if he doesn’t want to make mistakes, mistakes happen & he is not able to become free from these mistakes. In order for people to eliminate their faults & to be able to make spiritual progress the Tirthankar Lords & the Gnanis have given the world the weapon of alochana-pratikraman-pratyakhyan. Through our nimit when pain is caused to other person’s ego, a ‘stain’ is formed on our relative self & in order to make that relative self pure; the only thing that is required is pratikraman! Pratikraman destroys the causes of faults & renders the faults rootless. Absolutely revered Dada Bhagwan says, “On one hand, through Akram Vignan the realm of Your real Self will be taken care of, while with pratikraman the realm of the relative will be taken care of.” With bhaav pratikraman, one will surely be able to experience inner peace & the fundamental root of attachment-abhorrence will be eradicated.