Path of Freedom [Vimuttimagga]

238 Vimuttimaggathe nature of hardness and the nature of solidity. This is called the earthelement.What is the water-element? That which has the nature of flowingand the nature of cohesiveness. This is called the water-element. What isthe fire-element? That which has the nature of heating and the nature ofmaturing matter. This is called the fire-element. What is the air-element?That which has the nature of moving and the nature of supporting. This iscalled the air-element. 1The new yogin overcomes difficulties in two ways, namely, through viewingthese briefly and through viewing these at length. This should be understoodas was fully taught in the determining of the four elements.DERIVED MATERIAL QUALITIESWhat are the derived material qualities? The sense-organs of eye, ear,nose, tongue, body, matter as sense-object, sound as sense-object, odouras sense-object, taste as sense-object, femininity, masculinity, life-principle,body-intimation, speech-intimation, element of space, buoyancy of matter,impressibility of matter, adaptibility of matter, integration of matter, continuityof matter, decay of matter, impermanency of matter, solid food, 2 the basisof the material element and the material quality of torpor. 3SENSE-ORGAN OF EYEWhat is the sense-organ of eye? By this matter is seen.Visible objects1. Cp. Vis. Mag. 351-2: Yo imasmim kdye thaddhabhavo vd, kharabhavo vd ayarh pathavidhatu;yo dhandha nabhavo vA, dravabhavo vd ayarh dpodhatu; yo paripdcanabhavo vdunhabhavo vd, ayarh tejodhatu; yo vitthambhanabhavo vd samudiranabhavo vd, ayarh vdyodhatuti evarh sankhittena dhatuyo pariggahetva punappunam: pafhavidhatu dpodhatu tidhatumatiato nissattato nijjlvato dvajjitabbarh manasikdtabbam paccavekkhitabbarh.2. Cp. (a) Vis. Mag. 444: Cakkhu, sotarh, ghdnarh, jivhd, kayo, rupam, saddo, gandho, raso,itthindriyarh purisindriyarh, jivitindriyarh, hadayavatthu, kdyavihhatti, vacivihhatti, dkdsadhatu,rupassa lahutd, rupassa mudutd, rupassa kammanhatd, rupassa upacayo, rupassasantati, rupassa jaratd rupassa aniccatd, kabajinkaro dharo;(b) ruparup. 1: Cakkhudhatu sotadhatu ... kdyadhatu rupadhatu saddadhatu ... photfhabbadhatu,itthindriyarh purisindiyarh jivitindriyarh, hadayavatthu, dkdsadhatu, kdyavihhatti,vacivihhatti, rupassa lahutd, rupassa mudutd, rupassa kammanhatd: rupassa upacayo,rupassa santati, rupassa jaratd, rupassa aniccatd; kabajinkaro dharo ceti evarh atthavisatividhesurupesu ddito (patthaya ?) catubbidham rupam bhutarupam nama; sesarh upaddrupariinama.3. Middharupam. (a) Cp. Vis. Mag. 450: Atthakathayam pana balarupam .. .rogarupam,ekaccanam matena middharupan ti evam ahhdni pi rupani dharitva: addha muni 'si sambuddho,natthi nivarand tavd ti ddini vatvd middharupam tdva natthi yevd ti patikkhittam.{^Ekaccanan ti Abhayagirivdsinam — Pm., 455, Dhammananda Thera's Ed.).(b) Abhmv. 72: Tattha: "'samodhanan" ti sabbam eva idarh rupam samodhanatopathavidhatu dpodhatu tejodhatu vdyodhatu, cakkhdyatanarh ... pe ... jaratdaniccatd ti atthavisatividham hoti; ito ahham rupam nama natthi. Keci pana middhavddinomiddharupam nama atthiti vadanti, te "addha muni 's/ sambuddho, natthi nivarand tavd"ti ca, "thina-middha-nivaranam nivaranah c' eva avijjdnivaranena nivarana-sampayuttan"ti sampayutta-vacanato ca; mahdpakarane Patthane: "nivaranam dhammam paticcanivarano dhammo uppajjati na purejdta-paccaya" ti ca; "arupe pi kdmacchanda-nivaranampaticca thina-middha-uddhacca-kukkuccavijjd-nivarandnV" ti evam ddhihi virujjhanatoarupam eva middhan ti patikkhipitabbd.698. Arupe pi part etassa, middhass' uppatti-pdthatoniftham ettti dvagantabbam, na tarn rupan ti vihhund.