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