English Pratikraman Introduction and Ritual together for English Speaking Jains

Author(s): Mayur and Rita Lodaya (Speaker)
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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PRATIKRAMAN RITUAL
• I may not have taken care of needy people and donated to them
in spite of being able to do so. I sincerely repent and ask forgiveness from all living beings for my above faults, which may have committed knowingly or unknowingly.
Tassa Michchhami Dukkadam. Recite 4 Namaskar sutra in silence while reflecting on ways in which you may have violated the four Disciplinary vows.
4.5 General Atonement While atoning for my sins, I bow to the twenty-four Tirthankars of the present era and to all the Tirthankars present anywhere in the universe. The Arihantas, Siddhas, Ascetics, Scriptures, and the religion preached by Tirthankars are blissful. Let the enlightened entities bestow peace and right conviction on me so that I can faithfully practice such religion. Sädhus and Sadhvis follow five great vows of conduct and do not commit any sinful activities with their thoughts, speech or bodies, nor do they cause others to do the same, nor do they praise others who commit sinful activity. While atoning for my sins I bow down to all such ascetics, present anywhere in the universe.
There may be many other violations of the twelve vows of lay people. If I have missed any of those violations during this Pratikraman, I sincerely repent and ask for forgiveness from all living beings for such faults, which may have committed knowingly or unknowingly. I have risen to observe the twelve vows, and I am trying to be free of all obstacles I hope to spend my days in contemplation of such great religious principles and destroy my prior sins. Thus I have repented my Atichar in front of a Guru and Community, and appropriately atoned myself for the lapses and wrong deeds by mind, speech and body.
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