Question
Can you get rid of bad karma by self harm?
Answer
There are methods to reduce the effect of bad karmas.
Yudhisthira says,'…a perpetrated sin is expiated by auspicious acts, by publishing it wildly, by repentance, by alms-giving, by penances, by trips to tirthas after renunciation of everything, by constant meditation on the scriptures. Of all these, he that has practiced renunciation is believed to be incapable of committing sins anew. '
Mahabharata Santi Parva Section VII
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