Exposition Of Pratikramana Stotras

16 Exposition of Pratikramana StotrasMaking an additional effort, to repent, to cleanse the soul byextracting evil out of myself, I stand in body-abandonment posture(Käyotsarga).Explanation: Reciting the iriyävahiyam sutra will purify theimpure soul; but some sins may still persist, which are destroyedby reciting the tassa uttari sutra.Our soul is pierced with sins, to extract the sins out we have toperform the following acts: Make additional efforts, repent andreproach and resort to path of three spiritual jewels. To perform theabove-mentioned activities, it is important to perform the bodyabandonmentposture (Käyotsarga).Uttarikarana means act of additional effort; präyaschitkaranameans act of confession by repentance and reproach;vishodhikarana means act of resorting to the path of right faith,knowledge and conduct (the three spiritual jewels) to prevent anyfurther perverted attitudes and acts by evilness. Vishalyikaranameans eliminating the sins from the soul forever by performing allthe above activities so that they can never return.It is very important to perform all religious ceremonies with pureand clear conscious, this is achieved by performing a form ofmeditation in which a person abandons his body and concentrateson the soul (käyotsarga).If a person performs atonement (pratikramana) with pureintentions, not only he can get rid of all the sins committed duringthat day but also his karmic bonds of many past births are alsodestroyed. Laghu Pratikramana means short Pratikramana.