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Ans. The soul and the karma-between the two lies
- the bridge of leshya. Without crossing this bridge, no atom of karma can reach the soul. The Jain Agamas contain an elaborate treatment of this subject. It may even be asserted that about 25 per cent part of Jain Agamas deals with leshya. The more shabby, unclean the leshya is, the more defiled and perverted the soul would be. Therefore, the purity of the soul is dependent upon the purity of leshya or the aura.
Q. What is the method of making leshya pure or good?
Ans. We just mentioned the biofeedback system. After
- ascertaining facts through this systems, the right kind of feelings can be evolved. When the impact of good feelings is felt by the karma-vibrations, nirjara (the dissolution of past conditioning) takes place. With the dissolution of past conditioning, feelings become pure and karma-vibrations are refined. With the refinement of karma-vibrations, pure feelings arise. It is possible to keep leshya pure through the purification of feelings, conduct and behaviour.
The development of feelings like humility, steadfastness, simplicity and non-greed, etc. makes leshya good, and when leshya is good, these feelings develop. In a way this constitutes a cycle. Now, what kind of aura has a particular man? Apart from the information acquired through the electrical devices, a man's behaviour also is revelatory. Conduct marked by cheerfulness, tranquillity, patience, tolerance, etc. is a proof of good leshya, whereas peevishness, impatience, insolence, etc. are culminations of unclean and imperfect leshya.
Q. Which feeling is the culmination of which leshya,
can be known on the basis of one's conduct and it
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