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shukla leshya vibrations, the feelings of rage or fury just do not originate. Rage or fury culminates in the development of violence, thieving, cruelty, lying on a large scale and negative or destructive feelings. When faced with shukla leshya, all these above tendencies and feelings suffer a natural diminution.
Q. You have talked about the evils from which a man possessed of shukla leshya is free. But what are the positive qualities found in him?
Ans. The creation of the right environment for meditation is possible only in a state of shukla leshya. There are also other types of meditation, referred to earlier as distress and fury-ridden concentration. But, as a matter of fact, these do not from a part of dhyana sadhana. These only act as hurdles in the way of sadhana. Without the sadhak distancing himself from these, there can be no possibility or development of dharmya or shukla meditation. In the state of shukla leshya, distress- and rage-ridden meditations do not altogether vanish, still their intensity is greatly diminished and the door to introversion is opened.
The foremost objective of introversion is dharmya meditation. It is the discovery of the truth or actuality of what constitutes religion. Unless one enters the depths of dharmya meditation, one can never experience absolute joy which lies beyond material objects. Material objects can only afford transient pleasure, but such pleasure can never be absolute or complete: Therefore, it is necessary to develop dharmya meditation, and this is possible only in a state of shukla-leshya.
The ultimate stage of introversion is shukla meditation. The consummation of shukla meditation is the flow
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