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Aptavani-2
Alochana – Pratikraman – Pratyakhyan
Alochana means to confess of your mistakes exactly as
they are to a trustworthy person (aptajana). It is a confession
of mistakes in front of the Gnani Purush. Alochana will erase the
mistake entirely. Alochana alone can lead you to moksha. If a
person steals, but comes to me and confesses, I will do a vidhi
(special spiritual energies invoked by the Gnani Purush) for him,
then that mistake will be erased and he will no longer feel the
burden of his wrongdoing. You can do alochana in front of
anyone whom you trust completely; otherwise, this world is such
that people will misuse that information. If someone places trust
in you, then you should strive to be one hundred percent
trustworthy. Do not break that trust. Really, alochana can only
be done in front of the trustworthy Gnani Purush. The Lord has
placed a lot of importance on alochana, pratikraman and
pratyakhyan.
Pratyakhyan is to make a firm decision not to repeat the
same mistake again.
This incident took place about fifteen years ago in
Mamani Poda (place in Vadodara where Dadashri used to live).
A few of us were sitting and talking when we saw a bewildered
looking 78-year-old man running towards the derasar (Jain
temple); he had a small container in his hands. I asked him,
“Uncle, where are you going?” He replied, “Brother, to do
padakmanu.” I asked him, “What is padakmanu?” He told me,
“Wait! I will ask the maharaj (Jain priest) and let you know
tomorrow!”
The Lord knew that a strange and peculiar time was