________________ When a person confesses his mistakes before his Guru or an ideal person, it is called Aalochana and when he has an urge to repent, it is called Ninda (self repentance). A person undergoes feelings of repentance deep within himself. He ponders over his errors, and repeatedly feels remorse for his actions. When one confesses before Guru, He will bless him through a course of repentance for the transgression. While repenting, one must have feelings in the heart which say, "O Parmatma! I have committed sins which I should not have committed. I have made mistakes. Consciously or unconsciously I have committed these sins. O Bhante! Please bestow upon me a fair understanding and virtues that will purify my soul, so that in the future, neither I may be involved in any evil deeds or false acts nor even think of committing sins." What happens when we ourselves realize the graveness of our mistakes, and thereby we experience an upheaval within ourselves regarding the anger, ego, deceit, desires, passions that we have indulged in? Will the vices increase or decrease? A small plant was sown in the ground. A young boy saw the plant, uprooted it, threw it on the ground and walked away. Later, it rained. This caused the roots to merge with soil and the plant stood erect. When the boy again passed by, he saw the plant and began wondering, "I had completely uprooted it... how did it grow again?"...he again uprooted it - 106V