Thought About Pratikraman
Shrimadji said...Pratikraman means going into one's past deeds looking back on one's deeds minutely and observe how they came to be done.
Such can be the explanation of this word.
When we perform Pratikraman on a particular day and time we recollect sinful deeds or faults of our past, admit them one by one, repent for them with pure heart and decide to keep away from them in future.
This is also normal meaning of Pratikraman.
Highest spiritual Saints and devotional Shrawakas repent or beg pardon for their faults by day at sunset and by night before sunrise and this is said here as Pratikraman.
We should also perform this Pratikraman without fail because one binds himself with many kinds of Karmas by way of thoughts, words and deeds and this has been elaborately described in Pratikraman Sutra.
Therefore with that help one can repent for his faults committed during day and night.
By regular practice of repentance with pure heart one improves himself day by day, makes his soul free from even minor faults and afflictions and impurities that defiled it.
One begins to develop a life of clear discrimination, develops fear for next birth and compassion for self and all living beings; his is softened and he clearly knows what is to be grasped and what is to be abandoned.
With witness of Lord Mahavir as if he is present in life, one can repent for his ignored or forgotten sinful acts and thereby he can purify his soul.
Thus Pratikraman becomes best means of Nirjara or freeing the soul from all its binding deeds or Karmas.
This Pratikraman is also called as 'AVASHYAKA' and its meaning is worthy to be practiced as a necessity.
And it is true.
Since it removes dust and purifies the soul and so it deserves to be performed surely.
Pratikraman performed at Sunset is called Devasiya Padikkamanu, the repentance for sins committed during the day; the Pratikraman performed at the later part of night is called Rai Padikkamanu - these are the words of Prakrit language. Pratikraman to be performed at the end of a fortnight is called Pakshika and Pratikraman to be performed at the end of the year is called Samvatsarika.
This arrangement determined by Saintly persons is a fine discipline.
Some of the persons of normal or ordinary intelligence say that Pratikraman for repentance of day and night together can once be performed in the early morning everyday but this is not correct to say because suppose all of a sudden there is some event at night or a man dies at night then he would miss Pratikraman for that day time.
Arrangement of performing Pratikraman Sutra is an excellent one - its fundamentals are the best.
Therefore Pratikraman should be performed as far as possible patiently, in our easily understandable language, peacefully and carefully with mental concentration.
Shrimad Rajchandra (Mokshmala lesson 40)
Shrimadji said...Pratikraman means going into one's past deeds looking back on one's deeds minutely and observe how they came to be done.
Such can be the explanation of this word.
When we perform Pratikraman on a particular day and time we recollect sinful deeds or faults of our past, admit them one by one, repent for them with pure heart and decide to keep away from them in future.
This is also normal meaning of Pratikraman.
Highest spiritual Saints and devotional Shrawakas repent or beg pardon for their faults by day at sunset and by night before sunrise and this is said here as Pratikraman.
We should also perform this Pratikraman without fail because one binds himself with many kinds of Karmas by way of thoughts, words and deeds and this has been elaborately described in Pratikraman Sutra.
Therefore with that help one can repent for his faults committed during day and night.
By regular practice of repentance with pure heart one improves himself day by day, makes his soul free from even minor faults and afflictions and impurities that defiled it.
One begins to develop a life of clear discrimination, develops fear for next birth and compassion for self and all living beings; his is softened and he clearly knows what is to be grasped and what is to be abandoned.
With witness of Lord Mahavir as if he is present in life, one can repent for his ignored or forgotten sinful acts and thereby he can purify his soul.
Thus Pratikraman becomes best means of Nirjara or freeing the soul from all its binding deeds or Karmas.
This Pratikraman is also called as 'AVASHYAKA' and its meaning is worthy to be practiced as a necessity.
And it is true.
Since it removes dust and purifies the soul and so it deserves to be performed surely.
Pratikraman performed at Sunset is called Devasiya Padikkamanu, the repentance for sins committed during the day; the Pratikraman performed at the later part of night is called Rai Padikkamanu - these are the words of Prakrit language. Pratikraman to be performed at the end of a fortnight is called Pakshika and Pratikraman to be performed at the end of the year is called Samvatsarika.
This arrangement determined by Saintly persons is a fine discipline.
Some of the persons of normal or ordinary intelligence say that Pratikraman for repentance of day and night together can once be performed in the early morning everyday but this is not correct to say because suppose all of a sudden there is some event at night or a man dies at night then he would miss Pratikraman for that day time.
Arrangement of performing Pratikraman Sutra is an excellent one - its fundamentals are the best.
Therefore Pratikraman should be performed as far as possible patiently, in our easily understandable language, peacefully and carefully with mental concentration.
Shrimad Rajchandra (Mokshmala lesson 40)
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