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Although, according to the degree of purification, these can be divided into various classes, basically six forms of leshya are recognised-black, blue, grey, red, lotus-coloured and white. Corresponding to these six leshyas, the currents of feeling as well as the auras are also recognized to be of six kinds.
The above mentioned six leshyas may be grouped into two classes-benevolent and malevolent. The black, the blue and the grey-these three are the malevolent leshyas. These produce sorrow and a restless mind. Red, lotus-coloured and white leshyas are benevolent. They dissolve mental anguish.
Q. What is the basis on which leshya is recognized as
benevolent or malevolent?
Ans. The classification of leshyas has been done on the
basis of colour. Colour is of two kinds--auspicious and inauspicious. Leshyas associated with auspicious colours are benevolent; those associated with inauspicious colours are malevolent. In this context, the doctrine of the science of colours has been recognized. Basically, colours are of two kinds dark and bright. Dark colour has been recognized as inauspicious and bright colour has been recognized as auspicious. Dark colour is the result of dark atoms and the source of bright colour is light-atoms. Dark atoms are inauspicious and therefore they become the cause of malevolent leshya. Radiant atoms are auspicious and therefore they become the cause of benevolent leshya. Just as leshyas are influenced by colour, the basis of pure and impure feelings is also colour...
Q. Is the classification of leshyas on the basis of colour
alone, or is there also some other factor involved?
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