Pratikramana Full Version

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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[2] Every Religion Supports Pratikraman
But I do bhaav-pratikraman (intent pratikraman).
do?
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Dadashri: What kind of bhaav-pratikraman do you
Seeker: If I feel I made a mistake, then I repent for it with the Soul as the witness.
Dadashri: Is that so! How many times a day does this
occur?
Seeker: Four or five times. I do it at night.
Dadashri: That much of your actions go towards dharmadhyan (absence of adverse internal meditation). If you are doing what you have just said, then it goes into dharmadhyan.
Seeker: How do I repent for any wrongdoing (paap)? Is the method that I use the right one?
Dadashri: Whatever it may be, it is not complete, but some dharmadhyan occurs with that. What is of importance is your intent.
Seeker: But should I do it or not?
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Dadashri: Whatever you are doing at the moment is fine, but learn the new way that I teach you. But for now, whatever you are doing is fine.
Seeker: The poet, Kalapi, has said:
'Yes, repentance; the pure abundant stream is flowing from the heaven.
By jumping in it, the sinner becomes virtuous.'
What do you have to say about that?
Dadashri: That is for the sinners at the gross and superficial level. That is for wrong actions at the gross level and to repent for them.
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Seeker: Is there awareness of the Self in that?
Dadashri: No. There is no awareness of the Self in it; there is worldly awareness. A straightforward (sarad) person will not like all this wrongdoing and, therefore, he repents. People of every religion will repent just the way you do.
Seeker: That will bring purity in worldly interactions, will it not?
Dadashri: No, pratikraman is necessary for that. Nine Kalams, the Highest Pratikraman Questioner: Is there any other solution for getting rid of wrongdoing (paap), other than repenting?
Dadashri: There is no other solution, other than repenting, to get rid of any hurt caused through thoughts, speech and acts (paap). What is all this wrong doing (paap)? What do we consider as paap? Right now we are all sitting here and there is no problem with that. Then if someone says, 'Why do you come late?' that is called atikraman. When you say anything that anyone does not like, it is considered atikraman.
The Lord has said to do pratikraman for such atikraman. So what do you have to do pratikraman for? Repent for that which others do not like and that which hurts them. You don't have to do it for that which they like.
You have to repent for that. Do you do that?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: Do you do pratikraman in the name of Dada Bhagwan or not?
Questioner: That book you gave us! I do it from that. I do the Nine Kalams (The nine highest intents/bhaavna for the one on the path of liberation).