Preksha Dhyana Basic Principles

Author(s): Mahapragna Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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grey to red. The index of Tejas lešyã is bright red colour of sunrise. Colour psychology also supports the view that the bright red colour is the first indication of the spiritual progress.
With the above conversion, there is a remarkable drop in animal instincts and carnal desires and such other habits. Further progress will result from the change of Tejas lešyã to Padma lešyā and the final change of Padma to Šukla lešyå will result in the total eradication of cruelty, hatred etc.
The Aura
It is now well-known that the body is constantly surrounded by an envelope of colours called “aura” which is an effect of lešyā. Change in lešyá will bring about a corresponding change in the colour of aura. That is why aura is predominated at different times by different colours such as black, red, yellow, blue or white.
Aura is not only influenced by the internal colour indices, but is also influenced by the colours of the external environment. That is why the cause and effect relation between lešyās and colours is reciprocal. In other words, just as any change in lešyã would result in the change in the colour of aura, the change in the aura by the influence of the colours of the external environment would bring about a change in the lešyā. This principle has been utilized in the perception of the psychic colours” (Lešyā-dhyāna) to transform the malevolent lešyās into benevolent ones.
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