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KOKILA H. SHAH
SAMBODHI
or unaffected by what a person does; but is susceptible to the influence of karma. In a way, the roots of Karmabandha are in mental dispositions for which the Jaina technical term is Leśya - having traits of touch, smell, colour and taste and intense modifications of mental vibrations, which is matter, now photographable by a special camera, as they say. The entire science of colour appeal and colour treatment is based on the concept of Leśyā or mental states causing colours - the aura around organism.
Lesyas are specifically mentioned to be of six kinds bearing six distinct colours, namely, black, blue, grey, yellow, red and white. Actually they are narrated as Krisna, neel, Kapot, Pita, Padma and Sukla. They are described in terms of taste etc. The mental characteristics of a person possessed of six lesyas are described as follows: 1) Black - A violent, hostile, unsympathetic man who is devoid of goodness and
Compassion has a black leśyā. Blue - A dull person with fickle mind devoid of discrimination and
intelligence has a blue leśyā. 3) Grey leśyā - A man who gets frequently angry, censures others, blames
others, is susceptible to fear. has a grey leśyā. 4) Golden Yellow - A clever person who knows what is good, wbat ought to be
done and what not to be done, who is sympathetic and is engaged in acts of
compassion and charity has yellow lesyā. 5) Padma leśyā - A man who is generous, honest, straightforward in his
dealings, possessed of great forbearance has padma - pinkish red leśyā. 6) Sukla - White lesyā - A person who is pious, whose conduct is good, devoid
of passions, and attachment and hatred has sukla lesya.
"One engaged in meditation called dharma-dhyān is possessed of three leśyās viz., yellow, lotus coloured - Padma and White - Sukla which are respectively more and more pure and are each divided into subtypes like intense mild etc. The Black, blue and grey are the three types of inauspicious leśyās as a result of these three leśyās. Soul is reborn in law state of existence. "On the attainment of mental purification there will be purity in the Leśyas, it should be understood that the subsidence of passions leads to attainment of mental purification”ls. In general, from the first to the last stage, selfishness decreases, compassions and other virtues multiply with ascendancy in gunsthanas and
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