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Samvatsari Pratikramana
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a materialist god, guru or religion. If I have committed any of the sinful acts personally, have encouraged others to commit them, or have appreciated them being committed by others, mentally, verbally or physically, I sincerely repent and ask for forgiveness.
We acquire bad (Papa) karma by doing various sinful activities. This sutra indicates that all our sinful activities can be classified into 18 different categories, and we ask for forgiveness of such sinful activities.
Smallest sutra for repentance of all sins Savvassa vi devasia duchchintia,
dubbhäsia, duchchitthia, Ichchhä-kärena sandisaha bhagavan!
Ichchham, Tassa michchhä mi dukkadam. (1)
Oh bhagaväna! kindly give me the permission voluntarily to perform the pratikramana of all the faults committed during the day by evil thoughts, evil talks and evil deeds. I accept your orders. Those misdeeds of mine may become fruitless. (1)
In this sutra one asks for forgiveness for any transgressions committed during the day or night. This way the Pratikraman Avashyak is done through this sutra.
(with raised right knee)
Paying obeisance to the highly venerable five-fold hierarchy
Namo Arihantānam. Namo Siddhānam.
