Pratikramana Freedom Through Apology and Repentance

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

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Pratikraman
satsang. You have to tell 'Chandubhai' to do pratikraman, so everything can be resolved quickly. Do pratikraman because you are not able to come. Do pratyakhan. Your mistakes (past life) prevent you from coming here, so make sure that you do not make the same mistake again.
Why is your current intent to come to me growing stronger? Coming events cast their shadows before. This is an indication of things to come. Indeed it is going to happen.
Questioner: How do I do pratikraman for all the worries that I have?
Dadashri: Do pratikraman in this way: "It is because of my ego that I worry. I am not the doer. So, Dada Bhagwan, please forgive me". You will have to do something, will you not? Questioner: Do we have to do pratikraman when we make comments about the weather?
Dadashri: No, pratikraman is needed only where there is attachment or abhorrence. If the soup is very salty, you do not need to do pratikraman. But do pratikraman for the person who made the soup. Pratikraman results in internal changes in the other person.
While urinating, if an ant should get carried away in the stream and drown, I do pratikraman. I always maintain my awareness. The fact that the ant drowns is a karmic effect, a discharge karma but why did my awareness falter at that time to cause the atikraman? Everyone is liable for such faults.
Whenever you read Dada's books, bow down to the book and ask Dada to give you the strength to read. If you forget to do so, then bow down twice and tell Dada that it is not your intention to forget, but because you did, you are asking for his forgiveness
Pratikraman
and that you will not let it happen again.
If you forget to do your vidhi (Dadashri's prescribed daily instructions) at the right time, do pratikraman and then do the vidhi.
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You must do the pratikraman for whatever atikraman you do during the process of discharge of your past karma. Should your actions hurt others, even though they are in a discharge form, you must do pratikraman for them. If you do something good for Dada or mahatmas, you do not have to do pratikraman. When you do something good for other people, you have to do pratikraman if doer ship was involved.
Questioner: When we do pratikraman does it reach the other person?
Dadashri: Yes, it reaches him. He will start to soften from within, whether he is aware of it or not. His attitude towards you will improve. Our pratikramans are very effective. There is tremendous power in pratikraman. If you do pratikraman for just one hour, you will observe the changes in the other person. But that will only happen if you have attained the Self. When you do pratikraman for the other person, not only will he not see your faults, but he will also begin to respect you. (P.301)
Questioner: Do we not charge new karmas by doing pratikraman?
Dadashri: If the Self becomes the doer then karmas will be charged. The Self does not do pratikraman, it is Chandubhai who does it and you the pure Self are the knower and the seer of it all.
True pratikraman starts only after you become Self-realized. There has to be someone to do the pratikraman (i.e. Chandulal),