Article: Leśyā

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Leśyā definition

The HereNow4U website provides a glossary entry for the doctrine of karmic stain or soul colour – leśyā.

http://www.herenow4u.de/pages/eng/glossary/Leshyalesya.htm

Definition of leśyā

The concept of leśyā, a fundamental part of the doctrine of karma, is defined in Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesya

Leśyās

A definition of the concept of karmic stain or soul colour – leśyā – on the HereNow4U website.

http://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=cd2388

Karma, passions and karmic stain

Jinalaya.com provides a detailed explanation of the complex doctrine of karma in the Jain faith, including the related notions of passions – kaṣāyas – and 'karmic stain' – leśyā – which indicates a soul's spiritual condition.

http://www.jinalaya.com/jainism/karma.htm

Parable of the tree

Jain Square recounts the well-known parable of the tree, which shows how actions indicate the colour of the soul – leśyā. This karmic stain or soul colour reflects the soul's spiritual condition.

http://jainsquare.com/2011/06/27/six-friends-and-mango-tree-illustration-lesya/

King Shrenik hears about leśyā

Jain Square offers the story of King Shrenik, who hears an illustration of the concept of karmic stain or soul colour – leśyā – from the 24th Jina. Mahāvīra explains how the colour of the embodied soul changes according to its mental and spiritual condition. This affects the progress of the soul through the cycle of rebirth.

http://jainsquare.com/2011/06/27/king-shrenik-illustration-lesya/

'Basis for the Classification of Leshya'

HereNow4U provides an extract from Transmutation Of Personality Through Preksha Meditation that discusses the categories of leśyā or soul colour. The extract takes the form of an interview with Ācārya Tulsi, the eighth leader of the Śvetāmbara Terāpanthin sect. Although he uses scripture to explain leśyās, Ācārya Tulsi considers the concept partly in the context of the 'insight meditation' – prekṣā dhyāna – of the Śvetāmbara Terāpanthins, which may also be practised by those who do not follow this sect.

http://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=cd2400

'Taste, Smell and Touch Therapy'

HereNow4U provides an extract from Transmutation Of Personality Through Preksha Meditation that discusses the material nature of the concept of leśyā or soul colour. The excerpt takes the form of an interview with Ācārya Tulsi, the eighth leader of the Śvetāmbara Terāpanthin sect. Although he uses scripture to explain leśyās, Ācārya Tulsi considers the concept partly in the context of the 'insight meditation' – prekṣā dhyāna – of the Śvetāmbara Terāpanthins, which may also be practised by those who do not follow this sect.

http://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=cd4465

'Identification of the Aura and the Current of Feeling'

HereNow4U provides an excerpt from Transmutation Of Personality Through Preksha Meditation that briefly discusses the qualities of leśyā or soul colour. The excerpt takes the form of an interview with Ācārya Tulsi, the eighth leader of the Śvetāmbara Terāpanthin sect. Although he uses scripture to explain leśyās, Ācārya Tulsi considers the concept partly in the context of the 'insight meditation' – prekṣā dhyāna – of the Śvetāmbara Terāpanthins, which may also be practised by those who do not follow this sect.

http://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=836