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and allow his leshya to flow towards the the example of a crystal bead is given. The auspicious.
colour of a crystal bead does not change, but What brings about change, correction if it is kept in the proximity of another and refinement in the personality and leshya colour, then it seems to take on the of the being in the womb? To understand appearance of that colour. For instance, if this, we must look at two principles given in the crystal is placed near a red object, then it the Pragyapana Sutra - transformation and appears red in colour. There is no impact. When a teaspoon of yogurt is added transformation in the colour of the crystal, to a pot of lukewarm milk and set aside, the yet the red object has an impact on its entire milk sets into yogurt in a certain time- appearance. span. This is an example of transformation. Thus there are two types of transition The form of milk is transformed into yogurt. with regard to leshya - one which transforms Whatever the starter culture is, the leshya is like milk, and another which is impacted transformed into that. When the atomic upon like the crystal. Even if an individual's particles (pudgala) of one leshya comes in leshya is not transformed at the moment, contact with another leshya, then the leshya it can be impacted upon. However, those undergoes a change. In this manner, krishna whose leshya can be transformed are indeed leshya can be transformed into shukla leshya fortunate. It is said in the Jaina Agamas that and vice-versa. Whatever it comes in contact if a being with krishna leshya is adorned with with, it transforms into that. Among the two, the pudgala of shukla leshya, then his leshya the one which is more powerful will transforms into shukla leshya. He is then transform the other. This is the process of included in the list of extremely fortunate the transformation of leshya.
persons. The history of Jaina religion has To understand the principle of impact, many instances of those whose leshya was
A change in the unborn child's leshya, leads to a subsequent change in his thoughts and feelings. These can then bring about a change in his future actions, eventually impacting his destiny
