Near Death Cognitive Process

1. Near Death Cognitive Process

2. The dying person will see one of these 3 objects at the moment of death • Kamma • Sign of Kamma • Sign of Destination

3. 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

4. Order of Ripening of Kamma – ie which occurs first? • Weighty Kamma • Death Proximate Kamma • Habitual Kamma • Reserve Kamma

5. Ripening of Kamma • Weighty Kamma • Creating a schism among the sangha • Wounding a Buddha • Murdering an Arahant • Matricide • Patricide

6. 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

7. Moment of Death LAST COGNITIVE PROCESS = sign of destination Rb…B.P.V.A.F.E.Rc.I.D.J.J.J.J.J.Dh Without a gap Rb.B1B2B3B4…..B16.M.J.J.J.J.J.J.J.B……Dh FIRST COGNITIVE PROCESS = Craving for new existence