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I may also point out that some have suggested a resemblance between the Lesya doctrine and the theosophical view of the transcendental colours in the individual.?! We may refer here to the theosophical writing of Mrs. Besant. The Jainas say that the soul is immaterial; consciousness and its states are also immaterial and colourless. Colour is in matter; and matter certainly acts and reacts on the soul by the inflow and bondage (bandha) of the Karmic matter due to passions and modifications in the mental states.
73. Jaini (J. L.) - Outlines of Jainism, p. 45. 74. Thoughtforms by Mrs. Besant and C. W. Leadbester 1905.
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