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During, Before and After Death Dadashri: Yes they do! And they will be concluded fast. Pratikraman Leads to Final Freedom
The more mistakes you destroy through pratikraman, the closer you come to liberation.
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Questioner: Will these 'sticky files' (close relatives, like a husband or a wife) stick to us again in the next life?
Dadashri: Why do we have to worry about the next birth? Do enough pratikraman here only. Any free moment you have, keep on doing pratikraman. You have to tell 'Chandubhai' (your relative self) to do pratikraman for everyone in the family and for any hurt that he has caused in his previous lives. He has to ask for forgiveness for all the faults related to his attachment and abhorrence, sex, anger, pride, and greed, done in this life and numerous other lives. Everyday take one member of the family and do pratikraman to them. Then do pratikraman towards all the people around you. Do the same for the neighbors, with the same awareness. Keep doing this and the burden of your load will become lighter. It will not become lighter without your doing
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First I cleared the bonds of the whole world in this way, and then I became liberated. As long as in your mind, I am at fault, it does not allow me to be at peace. So whenever I do pratikraman in this way, everything gets erased.
Pratikraman of the Dead
Questioner: How can you ask for forgiveness from those who have died?
Dadashri: Even though they are dead, you can still do so because you have their photographs and you can remember their
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faces. Even if you do not remember their face, but you know their name, you can still use their name and do pratikraman, and it will reach them.
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Questioner: So how do you do pratikraman for the ones who have died?
Dadashri: First recall their pure Soul, which is completely separate from the mind, body, speech and all karmas, of the dead person. Then recall and confess your mistakes (alochana). Ask for forgiveness (pratikraman) for that mistake and resolve not to repeat that mistake ever again (pratyakhyan).
'You', the pure Soul should remain the Knower and the Seer of 'Chandubhai' (the relative self) and know how many pratikraman he does, how sincerely he does them and how many times he does them.
Jai Sat Chit Anand
