Pratikramana Freedom Through Apology and Repentance

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

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Pratikraman
Pratikraman
pure Self, and there is no interference from anything.
Who does the pratikraman? Chandulal does the pratikraman. And for whom does he do the pratikraman? He does pratikraman for his whole family. He recalls all his extended family to do pratikraman. The Self is the witness of the process; it does nothing. There is no other interference, and therefore the focused awareness is also pure.
(P.335) Many years ago I once made some people do pratikraman, in my presence. It was pratikraman for faults related to sexual thoughts and acts. They all went into it so deeply that they could not stop. The pratikraman continued even when they went home. Even during sleep, and while eating, their pratikraman would not stop. This continued to take place day and night. Then I had to stop it for them. Even when they wanted to stop the pratikraman, it would not stop. Once this machinery of pratikraman is set in motion, it will continue on its own.
You have to tell Chandulal to continue doing pratikraman for the entire family and all the people he has hurt. Chandulal must do pratikraman for the countless lives before, in which he had committed faults related to attachment, abhorrence, and matters of sexuality. Taking one person at a time, the pratikraman must be done in the way I have shown you. After that, with the same focused awareness, pratikraman must be done for the neighbors too. After doing this, will your burden lessen.
If you hurt someone and he makes a note of it, then your mind will not find true rest until the effect of your hurt is erased by your pratikraman towards him.
I myself have done this with the entire world, and that is why I am free. As long as you see faults in me, I do not have peace. So whenever I do pratikraman in this manner, everything
gets erased.
(P.340) Do lots and lots of pratikraman, for all the people you have harassed and hurt. Whenever you have any free time, take an hour or so, and recall each and everyone and do their pratikraman. This is a sure way for the Gnan to grow.
(P.341) After this, with Dada Bhagwan as your witness, take all the religions, and their religious heads, and do pratikraman for any negative comments or criticisms you have made, instigated others to make, in this life, past life, past calculable lives, and past infinite lives. Ask for strength not to repeat any such transgression against them, even in the slightest degree.
(P.342) Before Gnan, I had a very strong ego. I used to criticize people and was disrespectful to them, but also at the same time I used to be full of praise for some. I would criticize one and praise another. After 1958, when I became a Gnani, I told A. M. Patel, 'Wash away all the contempt you had towards others. Put some soap to it and wash it off.' After that I recalled each and everyone I had treated with contempt including the neighbors, uncles, aunts and the in-laws, the entire lot. I had treated so many people with contempt. I washed off all the acts of contempt for everyone.
Questioner: Did you do pratikraman in your mind or did you ask for forgiveness personally?
Dadashri: I told Ambalal that he had done a lot of things that were wrong. I told him that I could see them all and that he should wash away all his wrong deeds.
I told Ambalal that he should not forget Chandubhai and all the disrespect and verbal abuse he directed at him. I described all this in detail to him and instructed him to do pratikraman and speak in the following manner: