The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library

production and multiplication of those kalŒpas with ojŒ as the eighthfactor that are produced by utu.Also in this way every time rèpa reaches its standing phase thefire element in cakkhu dasaka kalŒpas causes utuja ojŒ aÊÊhamakakalŒpas to arise four or five times. The last kalŒpas of this seriescontain fire element which cannot produce further kalŒpas producedfrom utu. Other rèpa kalŒpas should be understood to behave in asimilar way.The tejo dhatu of some rèpa kalŒpas causes multiplication ofkalŒpas four or five times, some others can cause it to happen manymore times again. All of the utuja ojŒ aÊÊhamaka kalŒpas producedin these various ways are called rèpas produced by utu.In a similar way as has been shown above, nutriment that is consumedis made of utuja ojŒ aÊÊhamaka rèpas which each contain ojŒ.This ojŒ while not yet absorbed into the body and dispersed is stillutuja rèpa. Of the 42 parts of the body it is known as gorge. Thisutuja ojŒ is digested with the aid of the kammically derived fire ofthe stomach (the fire contained in a type of j´vita navaka kalŒpa),and is absorbed and spread through the body in the form of ojŒaÊÊhamaka kalŒpas. These ojŒ aÊÊhamaka rèpas are called ŒhŒraja ojŒaÊÊhamaka kalŒpas (kalŒpas derived from food).With the aid of this ŒhŒraja ojŒ the ojŒ of the kammaja kalŒpa,cittaja kalŒpa, and utuja kalŒpa is able to multiply and produce aseries of ojŒ aÊÊhamaka rèpas from three to twelve times in succession.If the food that is consumed has nutritive essence which isstrong then according to its strength many generations of ojŒaÊÊhamaka rèpas can be produced in succession.When a meditator can see all these processes distinctly and separatelyand can discern each individual rèpa kalŒpa in these processesthen he is said to have removed santati ghana.w 155