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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?
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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.