Pratikramana Freedom Through Apology and Repentance

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

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I say?
Pratikraman
Dadashri: Confess that you have committed so many atikramans and that you are doing pratikraman for them all collectively. Specify your topic, for example your faults related to harsh speech, or anger etc., and for each topic say that you are doing pratikraman collectively. Everything will be resolved this way. If you cannot complete your pratikraman, you will be able to do so later. Just do not sleep on it and procrastinate or else you will forgo all of them entirely. You do not need to complicate the matter. (P.211)
14. Release From Bondage Of Inner Enemies
Questioner: If someone makes us very angry and we lash out, and then we continue to feel internal turmoil, should we do pratikramans more than once?
Dadashri: If you do pratikraman wholeheartedly and sincerely for a few times, everything will be resolved. For example, say, Dear Dada Bhagwan, A very grave fault has occurred. Severe anger has taken place. How much hurt must have resulted in the other person? I am sincerely repenting for this and asking for his forgiveness with you as my witness. I am sincerely asking for your forgiveness.
Questioner: When prolonged arguments have occured, the result within is a greater rift and distance from him. For the small disagreements, we do pratikraman several times. Can we do just one long pratikraman to cover everything? Or do we have to do individual pratikramans for each fault?
Dadashri: Do as many as you can individually. If it is not possible, do them collectively. If you come across too many at once, do them all together and state that you are doing them
Pratikraman
collectively because you can not do pratikraman for each and every one of your faults. Address your predicament to Dada Bhagwan and the message will surely reach him. (P.219)
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Questioner: We become very angry with someone. Then we do instant pratikraman for this mistake. Does the effect of our anger continue to linger within that person or does it stop as soon as we do the pratikraman?
Dadashri: You should not concern yourself with what is happening within the other person. Just keep washing your 'clothes' and keep them clean. Besides, you have no control over your anger. You become angry even though you do not want to. Do you get angry?
Questioner: Yes. It happens.
Dadashri: Do not worry about that, but just continue to do pratikraman. Make 'Chandulal' do the pratikraman and he will handle the situation however it needs to be handled. If you become too concerned about it, you will ruin your task. Your task is to remain aware of the faults that happen. (P.220)
Questioner: When we are very angry with someone, we begin to talk negatively about him in his absence.
Dadashri: That is called kashaya. When you come under someone else's control, it is kashaya. You have come under the control of your inner enemies of anger, pride, attachment and greed. You realize that it is wrong to speak negatively about someone in his absence, but you do it all the same. Sometimes you will become aware of it and some times it will pass, unnoticed. You become aware of it sooner or later. This is can only happen if you were the knower of the fault when it was happening. The fact that you regret the event later, means that you were in fact aware