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466 Pratikraman Questioner: If I have committed a sin, a hurtful act, in a dream, can I do pratikraman for it upon awakening? Dadashri: Of course you can. Whenever it arises in your awareness (laksha), you can do pratikraman for it because you were the one in the dream. Questioner: Does it then become cleansed? (442) Dadashri: Yes, the guilty one may confess at any time. The laws in the worldly courts are different, but here you can confess anytime. Questioner: Karma occurs in a dream. When should I do pratikraman for that? Am I to do them after awakening? Dadashri: Yes. If you remember when you wake up, then do it. In the dream, if you hit someone, there is a violent intent (himsak bhaav) behind it; that is for certain, isn’t it? And whether it hurt the other person or not, is a different matter. So you have to do pratikraman. You can get irritated even in your dream. You see your uncle and you get irritated. Questioner: Many a times, pratikraman for a mistake made in a dream occurs in the same dream. Dadashri: Yes, that can occur. Questioner: But, Dada, sometimes pratikraman does not occur in the dream, and then I realize that I did not do pratikraman for it when I woke up in the morning. So should I go ahead and do the pratikraman in the morning? Dadashri: Yes, do that. You can do pratikraman anytime. When you fight with your husband and then you ask for forgiveness with pure Soul (Shuddhatma) as a witness, then that is acceptable too. When you get upset with him, it is acceptable to just say, ‘I am asking for forgiveness in the presence of Shuddhatma.’ These are technical words, but simple words will do also. The ‘cloth’ has to be washed, one way or another.