Repentance

Template:Short description {{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Repentance is reviewing one's actions and feeling contrition or regret for past or present wrongdoings, which is accompanied by commitment to and actual actions that show and prove a change for the better.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Repentance is not "turning from sin". It is simply a change of mind that may lead to a change in behavior. The devil would like to change the definition of this word to confuse people as to what is necessary for salvation. So the enemy changes the definition of repentance to turning from sin or your evil way. That is not repentance. According to Jonah 3:10 the True Bible the KJV states 10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. The act of turning from your evil way is considered a WORK since salvation is "not of works so that no one can boast" turning from sin or your evil way can NOT be part of salvation. Since a change of mind from unbelief to belief is salvation that is acceptable. But changing the definition of repentance and saying that it is turning from your evil way and is defined by God's Word as a work then in that case that is not part of salvation.

In modern times, it is generally seen as involving a commitment to personal change and the resolve to live a more responsible and humane life. In other words, being sorry for one's misdeeds. It can also involve sorrow over a specific sin or series of sins that an individual feels guilt over, or conviction that they have committed. The practice of repentance plays an important role in the soteriological doctrines of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Analogous practices have been found in other world religions as well. In religious contexts, it often involves an act of confession to God or to a spiritual elder (such as a monk or priest). This confession might include an admission of guilt, a promise or intent not to repeat the offense, an attempt to make restitution for the wrong, or in some way reverse the harmful effects of the wrong where possible.

Judaism

Template:Main Repentance (Template:Langx, literally, "return", pronounced tshuva or teshuva) is one element of atoning for sin in Judaism. Judaism recognizes that everybody sins on occasion, but that people can stop or minimize those occasions in the future by repenting for past transgressions. Thus, the primary purpose of repentance in Judaism is ethical self transformation.<ref name="Telushkin">Template:Cite book</ref>

A Jewish penitent is traditionally known as a baal teshuva (lit., "master of repentance" or "master of return") (Template:Langx; for a woman: Template:Script/Hebrew, baalat teshuva; plural: Template:Script/Hebrew, baalei teshuva). An alternative modern term is hozer beteshuva (Template:Script/Hebrew) (lit., "returning in repentance"). "In a place where baalei teshuva stand", according to halakha, "even the full-fledged righteous do not stand."<ref>Koren Talmud Bavli: Berakhot 34b. Editor-in-chief, Tzvi Hersh Weinreb.

Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2012. See commentary by Adin Evan-Israel Steinsaltz on p. 230.</ref>

Christianity

Template:Main Repentance is a stage in Christian salvation where the believer turns away from sin. As a distinct stage in the ordo salutis, the Reformed theological tradition argues that it occurs after faith.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Lutheran theology, repentance is part of the larger theological concept behind the sacrament of confession and absolution.<ref>Demarest, The Cross and Salvation, 37.</ref><ref name="Lang1992">Template:Cite work</ref>

Christian denominations that adhere to the liturgical kalendar, such as Catholicism, Lutheranism, Moravianism and Anglicanism, focus on repentance especially during the season of Lent, while emphasizing its importance in the life of the believer throughout the year.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Islam

Template:Main Tawba is the Islamic concept of repenting to God due to performing any sins and misdeeds. It is a direct matter between a person and God, so there is no intercession. There is no original sin in Islam.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It is the act of leaving what God has prohibited and returning to what he has commanded. The word denotes the act of being repentant for one's misdeeds, atoning for those misdeeds, and having a strong determination to forsake those misdeeds (remorse, resolution, and repentance). If someone sins against another person, restitution is required.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Hinduism

Dharma Shastras and Vedas advocate for self-reflection, repentance paschatapa and atonement prayaschitta. Stories such as that of Ajamila speak about forgiveness by grace of God even to the worst sinners.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Buddhism

The Buddha considered shame over doing wrong (Pali: hiri) and fear of the consequences of wrongdoing (Pali:otappa) as essential safeguards against falling into evil ways and further as extremely useful in the path of purification. Also recommended was the regular practice of self-assessment or wise reflection (Pali: yoniso manasikara) on one's own actions in relation to others and the bigger picture.Template:Citation needed

In Mahayana Buddhism, one of the most common repentance verses used for reflection is Samantabhadra's Repentance Verse taken from Chapter 40 of the Flower Adornment Sutra: <poem>

For all the evil deeds I have done in the past 
Created by my body, mouth, and mind, 
From beginningless greed, anger, and delusion, 
I now know shame and repent of them all.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

</poem>

Hawaiian religion

[[Ho'oponopono|HoTemplate:Okinaoponopono]] (ho-o-pono-pono) is an ancient practice in Hawaiian religion of reconciliation and forgiveness, combined with (repentance) prayers. Similar forgiveness practices were performed on islands throughout the South Pacific, including Samoa, Tahiti and New Zealand. Traditionally hoTemplate:Okinaoponopono is practiced by healing priests or kahuna lapaTemplate:Okinaau among family members of a person who is physically ill. Modern versions are performed within the family by a family elder, or by the individual alone.

See also

• Buß- und Bettag, Day of Repentance and Prayer
• Mea culpa
• Repentance Day, a public holiday of Christian prayer in Papua New Guinea

Further reading

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External links

• Quranic view on Repentance
• Jewish Encyclopedia: Repentance
• Theopedia: Repentance (conservative Calvinist perspective)
• Chattopadhyay, Subhasis. Review of Julia Kristeva's Hatred and Forgiveness in Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India 121(10):721-22 (2016). ISSN 0032-6178. Edited by Swami Narasimhananda.