Jainism For Beginners Level 03

Author(s): Sayampurnashreeji
Publisher: Sayampurnashreeji

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the whole tree down, cut off a big branch instead" The third friend said, “Why do we need a big branch? A small branch has enough fruit." The fourth one said, "We do not need to cut the branches, let us just climb up & get the bunches of fruit." The fifth man said, "Why pick so many fruit & waste them, instead just pick the fruit that we need to eat." The sixth friend said quietly, “There are plenty of good fruit on the ground, so let's eat them first."
The Krishna Leshya is the worst and the Shukla Leshya is the best. Krishna, Neel and Kapot Leshyas lead the soul to ruin and the last three leads the soul to spiritual prosperity. We know that our minds wander into different states all the time for better or for worse. Therefore, we should strive for better state of mind progressively. The story of King Prasannachandra who lived during Lord Mahavir's time, illustrates how fast surroundings can affect our mind and in turn our Leshyas as well as our spiritual
progress.
You can see that the state of mind of these 6 friends caused a range of thoughts that begin with the cutting of the entire tree & ended with the picking up of the fruit fallen on the ground. The 6 friends minds represent six types of Leshyas.
1.
The first friend's state of mind represents Krishna (black) Leshya.
State of Mind & Karmic Stains Leshyas
2. The second friend's state of mind
represents Neel (blue) Leshya.
Story of WING PRASANNACHANDRA
3.
The third friend's state of mind represents Kapot (gray) Leshya.
4.
The fourth friend's state of mind represents Tejo (red) Leshya.
5. The fifth friend's state of mind
represents Padma (yellow) Leshya.
o ne day, King Shrenik was on his way
to pay homage to Lord Mahavir, and he saw a sage who was meditating and had a bright glow around him. This sage in fact was King Prasannachandra before he became a monk. He bowed down to the sage and continued on his
6. The sixth friend's state of mind
represents Shukla (white) Leshya.
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