​Pakkhi Pratikramana I Shravak Pratikraman Daivsik Pakhi I पाक्षिक(पक्खी) प्रतिक्रमण I
I Bhikhu Swam I I भिखू स्वाम I
Daivsik Pakkhi New Pratikraman श्रावक दैवसिक पाक्षिक(पक्खी) प्रतिक्रमण नवीन (विधि सहित)
Pakkhi Pratikramana is done once every fifteen days.
“Prati” means “back” and “kraman” means “to go”. Combined together Pratikraman means to go back, review, confess, and repent the bad thoughts and deeds from our daily activities.
As a Jain householder we are supposed to observe 12 minor vows against five major vows observed by monks and nuns. During Pratikraman, we overview our activities for any lapse or transgressions which might have occurred among these vows. So, Pratikraman reminds us to live within set limitations.
Any lapse or transgression of these vows is called Atikraman. Therefore we undertake Pratikraman by remembering the code and the restraints one by one and take into consideration the faults and lapses pertaining to them with a view to ask forgiveness for it. During this Pratikraman, even if we might not have taken these 12 vows, we still ask forgiveness for lapses pertaining to them and wish that one of these days we can take those vows. This way, we try to ask for forgiveness for our ill actions and purify ourselves and improve upon our future activities. This enables us to shed off some of our previous Karmas and also to slow down or prevent the inflow of new Karmas
Pratikramana (in Sanskrit: प्रतिक्रमण; also spelled Pratikraman) is a ritual during which Jains repent for their sins and non-meritorious activities committed knowingly or inadvertently during their daily life through thought, speech or action.
Pratikramana also refers to a combition of six avashyaks (essential rituals), being Samayik (state of total equanimity), Chauvisantho (honoring the 24 Tirthankars), Vandana - (offering salutations to sadhus (monks) and sadhvis (nuns)), Pratikramana (introspection and repentance), Kayotsarga (meditation of the soul) and Pratyakhyan (renunciation).
Types of Pratikramana
There are five types of Pratikramana:
1. Devasi
2. Ray
3. Pakhi
4. Chaumasi
5. Samvatsari
Devasi Pratikraman
Devasi Pratikramana' is performed daily in the evening.
Rayi Pratikraman
Rayi Pratikraman is performed in the early morning.
Pakhi Pratikraman
Pakhi Pratikramana is done once every fifteen days.
Chaumasi Pratikraman
Chaumasi Pratikramana is done once in four months on the Purnima (full moon) of the Kartik, Falgun and Aṣaṛh months of the Vira Nirvana Samvat calendrical year for the sins committed during that period.
Samvatsari Pratikramana
Samvatsari Pratikraman is done once per year on the last day of Paryushana mahaparv for the sins committed during the whole year.
Jainism considers the soul, in its pure form, to have infinite perception, knowledge, and vigor, and to be non-attached. These attributes are not seen in a worldly soul because it is soiled with karmas. By following religious principles and activities, Jains believe they overcome karmas and promote liberation of the soul. There are various rituals, of which Pratikraman is the most important. During pratikraman, Jains repent for non-meritorious activities on a daily basis.
Pratikraman must be performed twice every day, or at least once every day after sunset. If that is not possible, at least on every Pakkhi (24 times in a year). If that is not possible, at least one every Chaumasi (3 times in a year). If none of the above is possible a Jain must perform at least Samvatsari Pratikraman (once a year).
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Bhikhu Swam, भिखू स्वाम, Terapant, Daivsik Shravak Pratikraman, Jain Terapanth, नया संशोधित जैन श्रावक प्रतिक्रमण, वचन, Repentance, pratikraman, mistake, pratyakhyan, karma, promise, introspection, पाक्षिक (पक्खी) प्रतिक्रमण, Ray, Pakhi, Chaumasi, Samvatsari, Devasi, णमो अरिहंताणं, णमो सिद्धाणं, णमो आयरियाणं, णमो उवज्झायाणं, णमो लोए सव्वसाहूणं,