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Pratikraman
liberation); pragnya shakti makes ‘Chandubhai’ do it.
Who Tells Us To Do Pratikraman?
Questioner: But, Dada, in the pratikraman vidhi we
say, ‘Dear Shuddhatma Bhagwan, who is completely separate
from the mind, body and speech…,’ do we not? So then how
can we say it is of the pudgal?
Dadashri: You are asking for forgiveness from the
Shuddhatma for the mistake you made.
Questioner: But we have to ask for forgiveness (maafi)
from the Shuddhatma and do pratikraman of the pudgal?
Dadashri: No. Pratikraman and forgiveness are the same
thing. You have to ask for forgiveness from his Shuddhatma
saying, ‘I have made a mistake with your pratishthit atma (the
relative self, the one wrong belief); for that I am asking for
forgiveness.’
Questioner: The one who has not received the Self in
Akram Vignan, the one who has not taken Gnan, does he have
to do pratikraman the same way?
Dadashri: He cannot do that. It will not work. The one
who has not taken Gnan has to apologize in a sim