What are the De-merit Karmas and Ways for Washing Them?

What are de-merit karmas? How to wash away stains of our demerit karma and how can one know whether this stain has gone after doing pratikraman?

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00:00What are the 18 types of demerit karma?

00:04It is mentioned in scripture.

00:07Anger, pride, deceit, greed,

00:13violence, stealing, attachments,

00:26sexuality, lying, criticizing,

00:34illusionary attachments.

00:39Like that, there are a total of 18 like that.

00:43But Dada Bhagwan has explained it in short.

00:45If you hurt anybody, then it is demerit karma.

00:49We are doing pratikraman for that,

00:51so we can wash out our demerit karma.

00:57How are we to wash away our paap, demerit karmas?

01:01For each stain that is the effect of hurting others,

01:05that appears from your paap karma,

01:07you must do pratikraman.

01:09If a stain is stubborn,

01:11then it will need to be washed over and over again.

01:15How can you tell whether the stain is gone or not?

01:18You will know when your mind becomes clean,

01:22You will know when your mind becomes clean,

01:25your face will glow,

01:27a natural smile will take hold.

01:29Will you not know then that the stain is gone?

01:32And even if the stain has not gone,

01:34there is no problem.

01:36All you have to do is continue with your pratikraman.

01:39Keep scrubbing away with the soap of pratikraman.

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