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Questioner: So, Dada, how should I do short
pratikraman?
Dadashri: You should feel that what occurred is not good.
Questioner: Yes, but what is the way to do the shortest
pratikraman?
Dadashri: Say, ‘In the presence of Dada Bhagwan, I am
asking for forgiveness for this mistake which just occurred and
I will not do it again.’ That is all. That is considered the shortest
pratikraman. There is no need to say ‘…separate from his
mind-speech-body, bhaavkarma, dravyakarma and
nokarma…’; all that is to teach the newcomers.
Now, when a person has enmity (veyr) towards someone,
he has to say this methodically so that it reaches the other person,
and then he can be freed from the enmity. When he keeps
saying it methodically in details, then enmity in all will continue
to go down. And, at the same time, the other person will know
that his mind is getting better towards you. There is a tremendous
energy in pratikraman.
Questioner: With reference to the mistakes, can I say
that I am doing pratikraman for ‘this life, countless past lives,
mistakes of speech from countless past lives, all mistakes related
to attachment and abhorrence’ – can I say all that?
Dadashri: Yes, you should say all that. For mistakes with
certain people, you can also do it another way. Ask for
forgiveness. If you repent for the mistakes, that will be acceptable.
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That is Our Subtlest Discovery
You should start the ‘sacrificial fire’ (yagna) of intense
pratikraman with whomever you have had excessive atikraman.
You have done so many atikramans and all these problems that
you have are because you have not done pratikraman.