The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library

The Characteristic Of Being Molested By ChangeThis means that the rèpas are changing in intensity from hot tocold, hard to soft, rough to smooth, but their natural characteristic ofhardness, flowing, heat, and support does not change. When it is hotthe intensity of heat in the rèpas in the body can increase to unbearablelevels, and when it is cold the coolness can reach unbearablelevels. Thus there is an constant changing of intensities in rèpas in akalŒpa as they continuously molest each other internally and externally.To summarise:1. Before you have seen rèpa kalŒpas, develop concentrationup to upacŒra concentration by seeing the four elements; earth, water,fire, air.2. When you can see the rèpa kalŒpas analyse them to see allthe rèpas in each kalŒpa, for example as earth, water, fire, air, colour,odour, taste, nutriment, life, eye transparent element.3. Then discern: all the rèpas in a single sense base, all therèpas in a single part of the body, all the rèpas in all six sense bases,and all the rèpas in all 42 parts of the body. Then having seen thatthey all have the characteristic of changing, note them as ÒRèpa,rèpaÓ, ÒRèpa dhammas, rèpa dhammasÓ or ÒThis is rèpa, this isrèpaÓ.w 141