406 Aptavani-2
your memory. Do pratikraman of whomever you remember because you know that the real within that person is eternal, the Self never dies. Doing pratikraman will help his soul and you will become free from your karmic entanglements with that person.
Questioner: How do we do pratikraman for the dead?
Dadashri: You have to recall the pure Soul that is separate from his mind, body, speech, bhavkarma( charge karma), dravyakarma( effect karma), nokarma( neutral karma), his name and all the attachments associated with the name of the dead. Then recall all the mistakes you made( alochana) and say,“ I am repenting for those mistakes and asking for forgiveness( pratikraman). I am making a firm decision not to repeat those mistakes( pratyakhyan).”‘ You’; the Self should remain the knower and the observer of‘ Chandulal’( non-self) doing the pratikraman and know how many pratikraman he does and how well he does them.
Where there is constant pratikraman, there the self is verily pure( shuddha). You should‘ see’ the pure Soul in others and do pratikraman; at that time your awareness of your own pure Soul prevails. This pratikraman is not a worldly ritual. Purification of many other things occurs simultaneously.
What does the relative non-self( pudgal) say? It says that‘ you’ have become‘ pure’, but now make me‘ pure’. When the impure pudgal parmanus express i. e. when mistakes occur then pratikraman will make them pure,( correct the mistake).
Gross and subtle( sthool and sookshma) mistakes are corrected through pratikraman and the subtler and the subtlest mistakes( sookshmatar and sookshmatam) mistakes are corrected through‘ seeing’ them. This path is the path of alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan and in addition, they must be done the instant the mistakes occur. Even this simple paan( betel nut leaf mouth freshener) needs a cash payment of two anaas. Likewise, pratikraman should be‘ cash’, not on‘ credit’. You