Pratikraman: Freedom Through Apology & Repentance (Abr.) (In English) Pratikraman: Freedom Through Apology & Repentence | Page 79

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and repent. As long as you are alive, you must continue to
repent for enjoying things that were forbidden to you. Repent
as long as you remain in this body.
Questioner: Dada, you have said that seventy percent
of the human beings here will reincarnate in the animal kingdom.
This perturbs me. What hope do we have?
Dadashri: There is very little hope for most human beings,
but if you are cautious…
Questioner: We are talking about those who have
acquired Self-Realization (mahatmas).
Dadashri: Nothing in this world can touch any mahatma
that follows my Agnas.
I warn people to be as cautious as they can, because
through pratikraman there is still a way out.
If you were to write a letter to someone in an angry
mood and you even curse the reader over and over again in
your letter, your letter will offend the reader. If however, you
write a foot note with an apology and explain your angry frame
of mind because of a quarrel with your wife, would he not be
considerate and forgiving? Likewise all faults committed in life
so far are erased if pratikramans are done before leaving this
body. You must ask for forgiveness from whomever you consider
as your God. If not, you can come to me for forgiveness and
I will forgive you.
A very bleak and terrible time is yet to come and still
Chandulal behaves recklessly. Your life carries a tremendous
responsibility with it. I even hesitate when I say that seventy
percent of the human race is doomed! This is the final assurance
I give you in these terrible times. I am putting the weapon of
pratikraman into your hands. With pratikraman you stand a