Pratikraman: The Key that resolves all Conflicts (Full Version), Dada Bhagwan [famous ebook reader txt] 📗

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