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screens. In the same way the original psychic expressions are colourless, being non-material, but will assume the colour of the contaminating matter.
Two divisions of Leśyā
There are two categories of leśyā—dravya or physical leśvā and bhāva or psychic leśyā. Colour, smell, taste and touch are the characteristic qualities of all material objects. Hence, dravya leśyā is also endowed with these four qualities. Colour of krsna leśyā is dark black, that of nila leśyā is dark blue, and that of kāpota lesyā is dark grey or smoky. Colours of taijasa, palmu, and steklu leśyā are bright red, yellow and white respectively. Smell, taste and touch of the former three malevolent leśyās are unpleasant, while those of the latter three are pleasant. Out of the four qualities mentioned above, coiour has the maximum effect on the health and behaviour of a living being. Colour plays a very important role in the entire lifeofan individual. Recently psychologists and scientists have established, by experiments, that of all the environmental inputs, colour has the maximum influence on the conscious and subconscious mind and emotions of an individual. Colour influences not only the life, but the death and also the life aiter-death of a person.
Origin of Impulsive Forces
The activator or motivating principle of all urges, impulses and habits is the powerful domain of leśyā. That is why, to change one's perverted habits, it is essential to sanctify this domain by thorough cleansing. Before understanding the process of cleansing. It is necessary to trace the source of pollution and its modus operandi. Once there is adequate knowledge about this, it will be casier to understand and operate cleansing process.
Basically the trinity of malevolent lesyci-ryna, nilaand kapota-is the origin of all that is cvil. Cruelty, desire to kill,
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