The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library

(b) It causes growth or completion of the faculties. It causes the appropriaterèpas to reach sufficiency and to grow and increase.2. santati = continuity of matter. It ensures the continuity of realrèpas in one life after the faculties have developed.The Buddha taught the arising of rèpas in the above two ways bydividing it up into two time periods, one from conception till thedevelopment of the faculties eye, ear, etc. and one after completionof the faculties. These two rèpas are just the arising (upŒdŒ) of realrèpas.3. jaratŒ =ageing or maturing of real rèpas. It is the stage of standing(Êhiti) of real rèpas.4. aniccata = dissolution of real rèpas. It is the stage of dissolution,disappearance (bhaºga) of real rèpas.The 18 real rèpas and the 10 imitation rèpas give a total of 28kinds of rèpa. Of these 28 rèpas the earth, water, fire, and air rèpasare called dhŒtus (elements), mahŒ dhŒtus or bhèta rèpas. The other24 kinds of rèpa are called upŒdŒ rèpas (derived materiality) becausethey arise depending on the four great elements.The Nature Of RèpasThese 28 types of rèpa cannot exist independently or individuallybut can only exist in a group which is called a rèpa kalŒpa. Thesmallest combination or agglomeration of rèpas is called ghana. Therèpas in one rèpa kalŒpa are:ekuppŒda = they arise together at the same time.ekanirodha = they cease together at the same time.ekanissaya = they depend on the same rèpas in the same kalŒpa.The upŒdŒ rèpas present in one rèpa kalŒpa are derived from ordepend on the four elements present in that same kalŒpa. They arenot dependent on the four elements present in another rèpa kalŒpa.w 151