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Pratikraman
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Dadashri: You should do alochana (confession),
pratikraman (repentance), and pratyakhyan (resolve never to
repeat the mistake). This should be done in the presence of
whichever God you believe in. Which God do you believe in?
Questioner: Lord Shiva.
Dadashri: So Lord Shiva should be your witness when
you repent. Your alochana should be that, having recognized
your fault, you do not wish to repeat it. You must repeatedly
repent. If you err, you must repent. In doing, so your wrong
deeds will decrease. You may cause injustice although you may
not wish to. This can be attributed to the faults of prakruti
(inborn nature), and the fault in your prakruti stems from your
previous life, not from this life. Today you want to improve, but
because of your pr evious causes, these faults continue to occur
and they will not leave without harassing you. For this, you must
continuously do alochana, pratikraman, and pratyakhyan.
Questioner: What is the solution when one has to tolerate
and endure a lot of things?
Dadashri: You should tolerate without complaining.
Tolerate with equanimity, without cursing the other person in
your mind. In fact you should consider the other person as
obliging you for releasing you from the bonds of your previous
karma, and thank him. You should feel an obligation towards
him. No one suffers without a reason. Your suffering is the result
of your own past karmas.
Questioner: Is pratikraman only to be done for seeing
faults in others?
Dadashri: Not just for that, but also for telling lies or for
insulting or hurting someone. Pratikraman should be done if any
violence through thoughts, speech, or acts is committed towards
any living being. Pratikraman should also be done for violating