The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library

Sex determining rèpa = bhŒva rèpa: Is found throughout thewhole body in all six sense bases, but it is a not transparent rèpa.After you have discerned j´vita in transparent rèpas and seen it in nottransparent rèpas you should look for bhŒva rèpa in the nottransparent rèpas where you found j´vita. If you find bhŒva rèpathen the kalŒpa is a bhŒva dasaka kalŒpa and not a j´vita navakakalŒpa. In a male there is only male bhŒva rèpa, and in a female onlyfemale bhŒva rèpa. Male bhŒva rèpa is a quality by which you canknow, ÒThis is a manÓ. Female bhŒva rèpa is a quality by which youcan know, ÒThis is a womanÓ. When you are able to discern bhŒvarèpa continue to look for it throughout the body in the six bases; eye,ear, nose, tongue, body, and heart base.Heart basis rèpa = hadaya rèpa; Is the rèpa which supports thebhavaºga mind transparent element (also called mano dhŒtu ormanodvŒra) and the mind consciousness element (manovi––ŒöadhŒtu). The mind consciousness element includes all types of consciousnessexcept for the five sense consciousnesses; eye, ear, nose,tongue, and body. The hadaya is the place where the mano dhŒtuand manovi––Œöa dhŒtu occur, and it has the characteristic of beingthe rèpa on which they depend.To discern the hadaya rèpa focus the mind on the bhavaºga mindtransparent element and then try to discern the rèpa kalŒpas whichsupport the bhavaºga mind transparent element and the mindconsciousness which is discerning the bhavaºga mind transparentelement. You should be able to find these rèpa kalŒpas in the lowerpart of the bhavaºga mind transparent element. These rèpa kalŒpasare hadaya dasaka kalŒpas (kalŒpas with hadaya as the tenth factor).They are not transparent kalŒpas and the hadayavatthu rèpa in themis the support for the mano dhŒtu and manovi––Œöa dhŒtu.Analysing The Rèpa Transparent ElementsThe organ of the eye contains several kinds of rèpas which arew 119