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Near Death Cognitive Process
The dying person will see one of these 3 objects at the
moment of death
•Kamma•Sign of Kamma•Sign of Destination
The dying person will see one of these 3 objects at the
moment of death•Kamma - Wholesome and
unwholesome deeds or volition done in the past
•Sign of Kamma - Any instrument used in performing wholesome or unwholesome kamma
•Sign of Destination - An indication of where rebirth is to occur
Order of Ripening of Kamma – ie which occurs
first?
•Weighty Kamma•Death Proximate Kamma•Habitual Kamma•Reserve Kamma
Ripening of Kamma
•Weighty Kamma–Creating a schism among the sangha–Wounding a Buddha–Murdering an Arahant–Matricide–Patricide
Ripening of Kamma•Death Proximate Kamma
•Kamma performed or remembered shortly before death
•Habitual Kamma•A good or bad deed habitually performed
•Reserve Kamma •Excludes the aforementioned 3 kinds which is potent enough to affect rebirth
Rb…B.P.V.A.F.E.Rc.I.D.J.J.J.J.J.Dh
Rb.B1B2B3B4…..B16.M.J.J.J.J.J.J.J.B……Dh
Without a gap
Moment of Death
FIRST COGNITIVE PROCESS = Craving for
new existence
LAST COGNITIVE PROCESS = sign of
destination