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Instrument to Wash Our Own Faults: Pratikraman
Kraman-Atikraman-Pratikraman
All natural and spontaneous actions that take place in
the worldly life are kraman. As long as they occur naturally
and spontaneously, it is kraman; but when an action becomes
excessive and hurtful, it is atikraman (hurting other living
beings through thought, speech and action). For all the
atikraman that occur, one will have to do pratikraman
without fail if he wants to be free. It will become clean only
if he washes it off. If in the past life one had created an intent,
“I want to slap that man,” in this life when that intent
materializes, he will end up slapping someone. That is
atikraman, and for that he has to do pratikraman. Recall the
pure Soul within that person and ask for forgiveness.
Any negative conduct is atikraman (hurting other living
beings through thought, speech and action). A negative
conduct is a stain (karmic stain) that will “bite” you in your
mind; in order to get rid of it, you have to do pratikraman
(the process of recalling, repenting and asking for forgiveness
with the avowal to not repeat the act of aggression through
thoughts, speech or action). Through your pratikraman, the
other person will change his intention and attitude (bhaav)
towards you. Not only will you improve your own intention
(bhaav), but it will also positively influence the other person’s
intention and attitude. There is so much power in pratikraman
that even tigers turn into dogs (they become tame)! When is
pratikraman useful? It is only useful in the wake of negative
results or effects.
The Exact Understanding of Pratikraman
What is pratikraman? It is the process of recalling,
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