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Udayabbaya-¤àõa
After attaining the Purity of Vision discerning the Path
and not-Path, the yogi earnestly undertakes the
vipassanà-meditation again, meditating on the three
characteristic marks of existence, with particular
attention to the arising phenomena and the dissolving
of the conditioned things. Gradually the yogi’s
Udayabbaya-¤àõa becomes matured.
Bhaïga-¤àõa
As the insight knowledge of the yogi gradually
developed, the yogi is able to note the arising and
passing away of nàma and råpa more and more quickly.
Since nàma and råpa are arising and passing away at a
tremendous rate of many billions per second, no yogi
would be able to observe all cittas and cetasikas as they
arise and perish. Even when he can note along fairly
quickly, he will not observe the arising phenomena any
more; all he observes is only the dissolving phenomena.
Whatever he looks at, he observes the dissolution of
conditioned things.
The knowledge that observes the incessant dissolution
of the ultimate nàma and råpa is called Bhaïga
¤àõa. If the yogi can observe the dissolving instant of
the Bhaïga ¤àõa, that investigates the dissolving instant
of a conditioned thing, with a subsequent Bhaïga ¤àõa,
then his Bhaïga-¤àõa is said to reach its culmination.
Bhaya-¤àõa
When the yogi observes the incessant dissolution of the
conditioned things continuously, he realizes the fearful