$JES 931 English Pratikramana Color E6

Author(s): Pravin K Shah
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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Forgiveness Poem
Forgiveness is letting go of the pain and accepting what has happened, because it will not change.
Forgiveness is looking at the pain, learning the lessons it has produced, and understanding what we have learned.
Forgiveness is dismissing the blame.
Choices were made that caused the hurt;
we each could have chosen differently, but we didn't.
Forgiveness allows us to move on towards a better understanding of universal love and our true purpose.
Forgiveness is knowing that love
is the answer to all questions,
and that we all are in some way connected.
PRATIKRAMAN RITUAL
Forgiveness is starting over
with the knowledge that we have gained. I forgive you, and I forgive myself. I hope you can do the same.
Upädhyäy
ENGLISH PRATIKRAMAN
-Poem by Judith Mammay
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