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Notes:
a The names in brackets are the essential elements of the
five senses. Note that there are 7 elements in all.
b Owing to its subtlety, àpo cannot be felt by the sense of
touch. For instance, when we put our hand in water,
the cold felt is tejo, the softness is pathavã, and the
pressure is vàyo. Thus only these three fundamental
elements are regarded as tangible.
Two Bhàva-råpas (Material Qualities of Sex)
1 Itthi-bhàva – material quality that imparts femininity;
it spreads all over the body of the female.
2 Purisa-bhàva – material quality that imparts masculinity;
it spreads all over the body of the male.
Note:
These two råpas differentiate the male from the female.
Hadaya-vatthu (Heart Base)
Hadaya-vatthu is the heart-base which spreads in the blood inside
the heart. It is the seat of consciousness (mano-vi¤¤àõa). Hadayavatthu
is not one – there are billions of hadaya-vatthu spreads in
the blood of the heart.
Jãvita-råpa (Material Quality of Life)
It is jãvitindriya-råpa—the vital force of kammaja-råpa which
spreads throughout the body.
It should be noted that there is vitality both in mind and
matter. The vitality of the mind is “jãvitindriya”, which is one of
the seven sabba-citta-sàdhàraõa cetasikas. The vitality of matter is
jãvita-råpa.