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[2] Every Religion Supports Pratikraman 15 pratikraman and pratyakhyan in his daily life, it would still be beneficial for him even though he does not understand it. Self- realization will eventually come in front of him. The one whose alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan are sincere will attain the Self for sure. Seeker: Give me some solution, a vow or some form of repentance whereby, if I commit a demerit karma, I can attain purity and become free from it. Dadashri: ‘We’ - the Gnani Purush and the fully enlightened One within - give you all that here. ‘We’ give you all the cures; all kinds of medicine. ‘We’ give you alochana, pratikraman pratyakhyan; ‘we’ give you everything. Pratikraman Means to Turn Back from Demerit Karma Dadashri: What is the meaning of pratikraman? Do you know? Seeker: No. Dadashri: Tell me the way you understand it. Seeker: It is to turn back from demerit karma (paap). Dadashri: To turn back from demerit karma! What wonderful justice the Lord has given, that to turn back from demerit karma is called pratikraman. But the demerit karmas still continue. Why is that? Seeker: You are the only one to explain that. One is alochana, the second is pratikraman and the third is pratyakhyan; I do not understand these three words completely. Dadashri: Pratyakhyan means ‘I am letting go of that thing today, I am giving it up.’ That is the intent behind it. If you want to give up something, then you have to do pratyakhyan.