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to become a victim of greediness, from all these evils, even the observer of first pratima Dhari the DARSHANIK does also remain far away but he may, sometimes, have some thoughts for these due to his association with and company of such people, who are habitual to be in such evils. But when he becomes the observer of second pratima, he must check and abandon himself from all such evils.
Though, the observer of first pratima on his way never inflicts injury to innocent and faultless people, never puts obstacles in their routine work but any one who proves to be an hinderance even in this working behaviour, he keeps up his mind to throw away such persons out of his way. There is no doubt that he does suppress such of his thoughts but if he feels that his success is doubtful without suppressing or removal of such people, them the tries by suppressing such evil persons, his own efforts to get success in his aim. But the observer of second pratima does not give place to such thoughts in his mind. He totally removes such evil thoughts of causing destruction to the faith of opponents, inflicting upon them physical injury and other evil unvirtuous thougts in his mind. No evil thoughts are to be entertained in the mind.
दुर्लेश्या-मिमा-जातु जाये नं हि विक या । सुलेश्य-तेरस्यैव स्यादपि देश वन्तान्वितः ॥
Elderly people have divided our thinking and actions in six different categories. First our thoughts may be the highest good, the middle good and the lowest good and these are applicable to both good and evil side-bad, worse and worst and auspicious, more auspicious and most auspicious. These six thoughts have been defined in scriptural language as six LESHYAS - (thought complexion or colouration). Lesya is the source or cause of vibratory activity of the soul, coloured by the passions. It is of six kinds namely (1) Black (2) Blue (3) Grey (4) Colour of a flame (Yellow) (5) Colour of Lotus (Pink) and (6) White. Out of these six, the first three Black, Blue and Grey leshyas are found in non-votaries and where some vows or vrats are taken, these three types of Colouration are subsided, arising of evil and worst thoughts and passions will get no place. On the other hand auspicious thoughts with comparative and superlative degrees will present conventionally owing to the presence of auspicious activities.
Generally speaking a Vrata is known where the wicked activity is not performed, it is abandoned or not done at all. (1) The worldly people think, “How can activity be good or wicked ? That activity which is performed with evil intentions is wicked. He is wicked who performs evil activity. (2) Generally a man hesitates to do evil because
