釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 5.60

5.60

Answer: They are obtained thus because they combine with one another. For instance, heat is the essence of fire; combining with water, there is warmth; combining with wind, there is itching; combining with earth, there is peaceful ease. When combining with the three, it loses its original characteristic of heat; therefore, four are spoken of. The remaining three great elements each combine with three aspects, and can be understood by analogy with this. Furthermore, each of these sixteen sensations has ten kinds of meritorious wholesome dharmas, making one hundred and sixty dharmas in all. Yet a person whose dharmas arise in the initial sitting does not necessarily manifest all of them; some manifest three or five, which is why they are briefly set forth.