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those whose current of feeling is uncultured. With the development of tejoleshya, the mind begins to evince greater reverence for and growing interest in spiritual and religious books. Disinclination towards penance and austerities is also transformed into intelligent inquiry. Those people do better in sadhana in whom the vibrations of tejoleshya become activated.
The vibrations of tejoleshya turn an individual into a lover of religion and a firm believer therein. In the case of unclean leshya being dominant, there can be no reverence for religion, nor any strong faith. The mind becomes a prey to doubts on the slightest excuse. In the face of little opposition, or unfavourable circumstances, one's faith begins to waver. But with the refinement of leshya, a positive approach towards religion is awakened. But this in itself, is not enough. Without will-power no pledge can be carried out. For a firm determination to continue in the accepted religion and for the acquisition of such capacity, it is necessary to keep alive in oneself the vibrations of tejoleshya.
Q. There is a psychological theory that evil is conta
gious. An individual gets infected with it without any effort on his part. What should a person do to protect himself from evil?
Ans. One great cause of an individual being infected
- by evil is his lack of resolve to avoid it. “There's nothing bad about it," "everybody does it," "That's the way of the world," --such formulations can only serve to push a man further towards evil. The vibrations of tejolesyha create in him a fear of evil, or the desire to avoid it. This is a big achievement. It is called "the fear of sin or of doing wrong." Of course, some evils are habitually perpetrated, but even in the evoluation and change of habits, "the fear of sin" plays an important role.
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