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(533) One engaged in the meditation called 'dharma-dhyāna' is possessed of three leśyās (soul-colouring)-viz yellow, lotus coloured and white-which are respectively more and more pure and are each divided into sub-types like intense, mild etc.
(534) The black, blue and grey are the three types of inauspicious Leśyās; as result of these three (Leśyās) the soul takes birth in various-unhappy states of existence.
(535) The golden-yellow, lotus-coloured and white are the three types of auspicious Leśyās; on account of these three, the soul mostly takes birth in various happy states of existence.
(536) Each of the three inauspicious Leśyās differ in their intensity; most intense, more intense and intense; similarly the auspicious Leśyās undergo three changes; most mild, more mild and mild. And each of these sub-types is further subdivided into six classes in accordance with its relative increase and decrease.
(537 & 538) Six persons who are travellers miss their way in the midst of a forest. They see a tree laden with fruits and begin to think of getting those fruits: one of them suggests uprooting the entire tree and eating the fruits; the second one suggests cutting the trunk of the tree; the third one suggests cutting the branches; the fourth one suggests cutting the twigs; the fifth one suggests plucking the fruits only; the sixth one suggests picking up only the fruits that have fallen down. The thoughts, words and bodily activities of each of these six travellers related to eating fruits are mutually different and respectively illustrative of the six Leśyās.
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