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Pratikraman
Seeker: Pratikraman would be to repent. Is
pratyakhyan to resolve never to repeat the mistake?
Dadashri: Yes, repentance is called pratikraman. Once
pratikraman is done, the atikraman will not occur again. To
vow, ‘I will never do that again. I promise not to repeat the
mistake again,’ is called pratyakhyan. When you do
pratyakhyan in this way in your mind, one layer of karma will
be shed. Now if the same atikraman should occur again, it is
because of another layer of karma so you should not be worried;
you should just continue doing pratikraman.
Seeker: I should ask for forgiveness in my mind.
Dadashri: Yes, you have to ask for forgiveness.
Alochana
Seeker: What is alochana?
Dadashri: Alochana is to confess your misdeed exactly
the way it occurred to your guru or to the Gnani. What do they
call that in the court?
Seeker: To make a confession.
Dadashri: Yes, you should tell your guru or the Gnani
Purush everything exactly as it occurred, without fear. You should
not be afraid of what the guru will say; to be afraid, means he
may even hit you! But you should confess everything to him
without any fear. Then the guru will tell you to do pratikraman.
So what do you have to do pratikraman for? The amount of
pratikraman one needs to do depends on the amount of
atikraman one did. Atikraman includes deeds that are
unacceptable by society and the world – deeds that are
condemned and anything that hurts others. If any of this applies,
pratikraman is necessary.
Seeker: After doing alochana and pratikraman, should