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## Fourth Study: Pratikraman
[556. Shukla Leshya - This attitude is called Shukla because it is the most pure. The body with this Leshya takes food for its sustenance. It does not cause any harm to any living being. It removes the culmination of attachment and aversion and adopts the state of being free from attachment. The one with the ultimate Shukla Leshya remains free from attachment and maintains constant equanimity.
The first three Leshyas - Krishna, Neel and Kapoth are to be abandoned, and the last three Leshyas - Tejo, Padma and Shukla are to be adopted. Without the final Shukla Leshya, the completion of self-development is impossible. If the conduct of the Adharma Leshyas and the conduct of the Dharma Leshyas have not been performed on the path of life purification, then Pratikraman is performed through the present sutra.
Bhayaadisutra -
Some of the words from fear to desire are adoptable, some are knowable, and some are to be abandoned. There are seven types of fear:
1. Ihalokabhaya - Fear of a creature of one's own species is Ihalokabhaya, such as - fear of a human from another human, fear of a Tiryanch from another Tiryanch.
2. Parlokabhaya - Fear of a creature of another species is Parlokabhaya, such as - fear of a human from a god or a Tiryanch etc.
3. Adanabhaya - Fear of being robbed of wealth etc. by a thief etc.
4. Akasmatbhaya - Sudden fear without any reason.
5. Aajivkabhaya - Fear of the misfortune of not getting food etc. for the journey of life in times of famine etc.
6. Maranabhaya - Fear of death.
7. Apayash-Ashlokabhaya - Fear of the fear of disgrace.
Fear is a specific result of the agitation of the soul caused by the rise of the Bhayamohaniyakarma. A Sadhu should not bow down to any fear. To be fearless means neither to be afraid oneself nor to make others afraid. Fear corrupts the life of restraint, therefore Pratikraman is performed for fear.