Pratikramana Freedom Through Apology and Repentance

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

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Pratikraman
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Pratikraman and someone to give the instructions that pratikraman be done (You - the pure Self).
(P.302) Questioner: Pratikraman starts from the moment I wake up.
for such a fault. Sometimes the prakruti will speak the sentences of the pratikraman and sometimes it will not. It is like a gramophone. The record may play or it may not play. That is not considered an obstructive karma.
(P.303)
Questioner: Despite making a firm resolution to settle all disputes with equanimity, why do disputes still continue?
Dadashri: In how many instances does this happen, a hundred or so?
Questioner: No, in just one.
Dadashri: Then the karma is very solid and strong (nikachit karma). And it is alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan that will wash away this type of karma. They will lighten the karma, and after that you will be able to remain the knower and the seer of the effect. You must do continuous pratikraman for this type of karma.
Dadashri: The soul within you has now become a pratikraman-Soul; the Pure Soul is still there, but before where it used to be a worldly soul, it has now become a pratikraman soul. Other people have kashay-souls. Not a single person (non Selfrealized) in this world is able to do pratikraman.
As you start doing instant pratikramans, you are purifying everything at the same time. When you do instant pratikraman against any atikraman, your mind and speech begin to purify.
Pratikraman is like planting a roasted seed. Roasted seeds do not grow, and new causes are not created.
Doing alochana-pratikraman-pratyakhyan is to review the entire day. The more of your faults you are able to see, the more aware you will be. That is why pratikraman must be done!
Questioner: Is it the fault of the prakruti that we are not able to do pratikraman or is it because of some obstacle causing karma?
Dadashri: It is the prakruti's fault, but that is not always the case. It does not matter if pratikraman is not done because of the prakruti, but the main thing is your inner intent. All you have to do is guard your intentions and nothing else. Everything else is immaterial. Do you wish to do pratikraman?
Questioner: Yes, absolutely.
Dadashri: In spite of this bhaav, if you are not able to do pratikraman, then it is the fault of the prakruti. You are not liable
With whatever force the karma became solid, a corresponding amount of repentance force will be needed for its pratikraman.
(P.304)
Questioner: When we make a firm resolution with absolute sincerity that we do not want to make the same mistake again, are we likely to make that same mistake again? Is it under our control?
Dadashri: Yes it will happen again. For example, if I had a ball and I threw it once I throw that ball, it will not stop bouncing, even if I wish for it to stop. Throwing the ball was just one single action, but after throwing it, I say that I do not wish to throw it, and I tell the ball to stop bouncing, will it stop?