Every religion has rituals related to repentance.
Catholics enter private booths and confess their sins to priests. Jews focus throughout this holiday season on teshuvah, meaning a “return” to a righteous path. Islam teaches tawbah, or a private reckoning with one’s wrongdoing. Hinduism has prāyaścitta, a process of moral purification that can involve fasting, bathing and pilgrimage. Buddhism encourages ethical self-correction through mindfulness and repentance rituals.
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