Pratikramana Freedom Through Apology and Repentance

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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Pratikraman
Pratikraman
and proliferate, yielding immediate results.
"This is the cash bank of Divine Solution. The only 'cash bank'. Such a bank has not appeared in the last one million years. It offers liberation within just two hours. I am ready to grant you whatever you ask of me.
(P.19)
Nature forgives a man who repents after he steals. If he repents, even God does not regard it as a sin. People on the other hand will punish him and he will have to suffer the consequences in this life. If one repents heartily his faults would eventually disappear, but they speak superficially. Although you may commit a terrible mistake, if you sincerely regret it, it will not happen again. If it occurs again, it does not matter as long as you continue to repent.
(P.21) Questioner: What is the difference between pratikraman and praschyatap?
Dadashri: Praschyatap is repentance and is general and for a number of faults and not specific to any particular fault. The Christians do a general confession of their faults every Sunday. Whereas pratikraman is specific to a fault, it is the one who commits the atikraman, who does pratikraman. Pratikraman is done instantly the moment atikraman takes place. Shoot-on-sight pratikraman should be done so that fault is erased.
(P.28) Alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan, is the essence of Lord Mahavir's teachings. And in this path of Akram Vignan, the Gnani Purush is the essence of all teaching. You must simply understand that the Gnani's Agna (five cardinal instructions after Gnan) is your religion and penance. But alas! From time immemorial, people have had a tendency to interfere and not follow instructions,
(P.29)
3. These Are Not Lord Mahavir's Pratikramans
Questioner: For endless lifetimes, one has been doing pratikraman but has not attained liberation.
Dadashri: That is because one's pratikraman has not been real. Liberation is possible only when true pratikramans and true pratyakhyans are done. Pratikraman should be shoot-on-sight pratikraman. If I utter a word to cause you even the slightest hurt, I should do pratikraman spontaneously, without hesitating even for a second. You cannot afford to let things sit and stagnate.
(P.30) Pratikraman means regret, repentance. What does one have to repent for?
Question: We are not really able to repent. We just keep doing all these rituals.
Dadashri: Pratikraman is to retrace one's steps. To repent for the anger and sins you have done, is pratikraman. (P.31)
What is pratikraman? You can only call it pratikraman when your faults decrease. How can it be called pratikraman if your faults increase? God has said to do pratikraman in a language that can be understood. Do pratikraman in your own language; otherwise you will not reap any benefits from it. The pratikraman rituals are being done in the Magdhi (ancient) language. Now what good does it do for people who do not even understand Gujarati to be doing pratikraman in Magdhi? Even the sadhus and acharyas do not understand it themselves, which explains why their own faults do not decrease. Such is the state of things of today.
The Lord(Mahavir) has instructed that only the Navkar Mantra be spoken in the Magdhi language and that too, with