8 Pratikraman
If you conduct yourself according to the ways prescribed by the Vitarag, your suffering will depart.
Questioner: How does one do pratikraman?
Dadashri: If you have attained Self-Realization, you will become aware of the Self within the other person. It is precisely the Self within that person that you must address. Otherwise, you can direct your pratikraman towards God by saying,“ O Lord! I repent for my mistake. I ask for your forgiveness and resolve never to repeat it.” That is all.
Questioner: Do the bad deeds get washed away?
Dadashri: Yes, yes of course they will! After pratikraman, the fault will not remain. Even a massive karma will appear as though it were a burnt rope with its cinders intact, which crumble and disperse at the slightest touch.
Questioner: And how should one repent? Should it be done outwardly so that it is visible to others or should it be done from within, in one’ s mind?
Dadashri: In your mind! You should remember Dadaji, apologize for your mistake, and make a resolve never to do it again. In doing so, the pain will be erased and the mistake destroyed. If you fail to do this, your mistakes will accumulate.
Akram Vignan is the only path of its kind that allows you to see your own faults and shoot them as they appear, destroying them completely.
Questioner: On one hand you commit aggression and on the other you repent. It is a never-ending thing.
Dadashri: It is not like that. If a person commits a bad deed and he repents, he can never feign repentance. When he repents, that repentance is sincere and with that, a layer of