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## Fourth Study: Pratikramana
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**Shayyasutra**
I wish to perform Pratikramana for sleeping. If I have slept for a long time, or slept repeatedly for a long time, turned over in bed with effort, or turned over repeatedly, contracted or stretched my limbs with effort, caused pain to six-legged creatures like lice by harsh touch, coughed without effort or forcefully, said that the bed is too hard, or made other complaints about the bed, sneezed or yawned with effort, scratched my body without a purpose, or touched any object, touched a wet object with awareness, (all these are transgressions while awake during sleep).
Now, transgressions related to the dream state during sleep are mentioned: If I have been agitated or disturbed by seeing a dream of war, marriage, etc., if my mind has been deluded in a dream, if I have engaged in sexual activity with a woman in a dream, if I have looked at a woman or other beings with lustful intent, if I have experienced mental defilement, if I have consumed food or water in a dream, or desired to consume them, then all these transgressions related to sleep that I have committed, "Tass miccha mi dukkadam" - may they be nullified.
**Explanation:**
Every part of our soul is bound to matter. On each part of the soul, there are infinite layers of karma-worms, and the soul is polluted by this karma-stain. As long as the karma-stain remains, birth and death, disease and sorrow, and the pain of union and separation will continue. This has been happening since time immemorial. Only by removing the karma-worms bound to the soul and making the soul pure and spotless can the cycle of suffering be destroyed. As the saying goes, "Jalabindunipaten kramaśaḥ pūryate ghaṭaḥ," a pot is filled drop by drop, and a treasury is filled by saving penny by penny. The same is true for spiritual practice.
Although all religious founders and preachers have discussed the importance of wisdom for spiritual practice from their own perspectives, the depth and sensitivity of the analysis and discussion found in Jain scriptures is unmatched. Every action in Jain culture is guided by wisdom. The Dasha Vaikalika Sutra states:
1. Female practitioners should read "Purisa vippariyasiaye" instead of "Itthi vippariyasiaye."