The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library
The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library
The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library
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w 144<strong>Which</strong> means that the five aggregates of clinging which are theobjects of vipassanŒ understanding must first be completely discernedwithout exception or remainder. <strong>The</strong>n, in order <strong>to</strong> removedesire and craving for those rèpas and nŒmas, the sub-commentaryinstructs <strong>to</strong> apply the three characteristics <strong>to</strong> all of those rèpas andnŒmas which are the objects of vipassanŒ contemplation.According <strong>to</strong> these texts a medita<strong>to</strong>r must firstly be able <strong>to</strong> discernall the rèpas and nŒmas which make up the five aggregates ofclinging individually. In doing so:<strong>The</strong> knowledge that discerns all the rèpas individually is calledrèpa pariccheda –Œöa. <strong>The</strong> knowledge that discerns all the nŒmasindividually is called nŒma pariccheda –Œöa. <strong>The</strong> knowledge thatdiscerns the rèpas and nŒmas as two separate groups is called nŒmarèpa pariccheda –Œöa.<strong>The</strong>se three –Œöas are also known by a separate set of names asrèpa pariggaha –Œöa, arèpa pariggaha –Œöa, and nŒma rèpapariggaha –Œöa. Furthermore, at this stage the knowledge that understandsÒ<strong>The</strong>re is no person, being, or soul, but only rèpas andnŒmas existÓ is called nŒma rèpa vavaÊÊhana –Œöa.A person who is endeavouring <strong>to</strong> discern all of the rèpas andnŒmas may leave out those connected with jhŒna if he has not attainedjhŒna, but if he is able <strong>to</strong> attain jhŒna he should discern andcontemplate with vipassanŒ knowledge the rèpas and nŒmas associatedwith whichever of the jhŒnas he has attained.Secondly, the causes of those rèpas and nŒmas must be knowncorrectly as they really are. This knowledge is paccaya pariggaha –Œöa.Because these two knowledges, nŒma rèpa pariccheda –Œöa andpaccaya pariggaha –Œöa, know clearly, distinctly, and properly the