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Pratikraman
Questioner: What is the difference between pratikraman
and praschyatap?
Dadashri: Praschyatap is repentance and is general and
for a number of faults and not specific to any particular fault.
Christians do a general confession of their faults every Sunday.
Pratikraman on the other hand, is specific to a fault. The one
who commits the atikraman does pratikraman. Pratikraman is
done instantly the moment atikraman takes place. Shoot-on-
sight pratikraman should be done so that fault is erased.
Alochana, pratikraman, and pratyakhyan, combined are
the essence of Lord Mahavir’s teachings. And in this path of
Akram Vignan, the Gnani Purush is the essence of all teaching.
You must simply understand that the Gnani’s Agnas (five cardinal
instructions after Gnan) is your religion and penance. But alas!
From time immemorial, people have had a tendency to interfere
and not follow instructions.
3. These Are Not Lord Mahavir’s Pratikramans
Questioner: For endless lifetimes, one has been doing
pratikraman but has not attained liberation.
Dadashri: That is because one’s pratikraman has not
been real. Liberation is possible only when true pratikramans
and true pratyakhyans are done. Pratikraman should be shoot-
on-sight pratikraman. If I utter a word to cause you even the
slightest hurt, I should do pratikraman instantaneously, without
hesitating even for a second. You cannot afford to let things sit
and stagnate.
‘Pratikraman’ means regret, repentance. What does one
have to repent for?
Question: We are not really able to repent. We just keep
doing all these rituals.