The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library

w 134urine have eight rèpas, being only utuja aÊÊhaka kalŒpas. Sweat,tears, mucous, and saliva have 16 rèpas being cittaja aÊÊhaka kalŒpasand utuja kalŒpas, and they are produced by either mind or temperature.In order to see and discern all these rèpas in each part of the bodyfirstly develop concentration systematically and then analyse therèpa kalŒpas in the six sense bases as shown in the charts above.When you are able to do this then discern the part of the body whichyou wish to contemplate. When you can discern that part then discernthe four elements in it. When you see that part as a transparentform then look for the space in it and you will easily see the kalŒpaparticles making up that part of the body. If your meditation isstrongly developed then as soon as you look for the four elements ina given part of the body you will easily see the rèpa kalŒpas. Whenyou can see the rèpa kalŒpas then analyse them and discern the differentkinds of kalŒpas present there. With knowledge divide anddiscern as they really are the kalŒpas produced by kamma, mind,temperature, and nutriment.When discerning the kalŒpas in body hair and head hair pay attentionat the base of the hairs which are inside the skin. Look for the44 types of rèpas there first because the hair that is outside of the skinhas an extremely small amount of kŒya dasaka kalŒpas and they willbe very difficult to discern. In a similar way in the nails of the fingersand toes you should pay more attention to the parts of them that areclose to the flesh.There are four parts (here we would rather say components) ofthe body in which heat is predominant:1. santappana tejo = heat that warms the body2. j´rana tejo= heat that causes maturing and ageing3. daha tejo = heat of fever4. pŒcaka tejo = digestive heat (mode of j´vita navaka kalŒpas)