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matter if thereby they would be getting lesser number of ripe fruits. The last one who possessed 'Sukla Leśya' said, “brothers, I do not agree with any of you, because I find that there are enough ripe fruits already fallen on the ground why not collect them and satisfy your hunger. Thereby we save ourselves from causing any unnecessary harm to this useful tree.
All the six friends wanted to eat the fruits but the approach of each in achieving the object was different. We notice such different approaches in life to different problems and cause many avoidable social disturbances in achieving our objects. It is obvious from the above illustration that the person who is possessed of a good Lesya has greater patience, higher reasoning faculty and due regard to the necessity of avoiding unnecessary injury to others. The most evident illustration of the working of these Leśyās is the 'Gulf war'. It is obvious that this war is being fought for getting control over the oil bearing area of Kuwait. Iraqui rulers became impatient and become ready to pull down' the fruit tree and cap. tured the whole of Kuwait by an over night armed action. Those who were interested in Kuwaiti oil moved with a little moderation in the beginning by moving the UNO and imposing sanctions. They however lost patience and began to threaten war. Others who had higher type of Leśya advised still more moderation by considering alternatives to war. Ultimately the main contending parties could not restrain themselves and plunged the whole world into a nasty war and untold miseries to many innocent persons. These mad men of war are now in "Raudra-dhyana' and exhibiting 'Krsnaleśya'. If we keep a constant watch over the Dhyānas and the Leśyās through which we are passing in our day to day life, we acquire a type of objectivity and consciousness which would save not only ourselves but the whole society from many problems. Thus the philosophical doctrines of Jainism, as of other religious systems, have a great social content and provide an effective answer to those socially oriented thinkers
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