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"We need to make this life valuable, right?
At minimum, we need wholesome kamma and consciousness to cease properly.About wholesome kamma... now, when listening to Dhamma... one needs to be mindful of this especially near death. Be mindful of having observed Uposatha, be mindful of meditation practice, be mindful of listening to Dhamma...
Whether few or many offerings made... doesn't this generate wholesome mind states? One sees visions of past donations, service rendered, Uposatha observances... these are wholesome kamma-nimitta...
When these kamma-nimitta appear, the gati-nimitta for someone destined for human rebirth appears as reddish maternal fluid... that's the gati-nimitta. Only after this does consciousness cease. For those heading to deva realms, they see devas, devīs, celestial mansions and gardens - consciousness ceases only after these appear... like that.
Consciousness ceases only after the gati-nimitta appears, do you hear?
First, the kamma-nimitta of one's wholesome actions appears...
Regarding unwholesome kamma-nimitta - past lies, thefts, killings, drinking, various torments - these appear as if happening right now... these are unwholesome kamma-nimitta. All kinds of killing, stealing appear... that's unwholesome kamma-nimitta.
For gati-nimitta, those heading to hell realms see black dogs, do you hear? They see flames... see hell beings... that's gati-nimitta. Then consciousness ceases... that's hell.
Those becoming petas see great cliffs and ravines...
Those becoming animals see vast forests and mountains... consciousness ceases only after this, do you hear? Isn't it frightening? It is frightening.
We shouldn't live heedlessly... isn't this worth studying?"
"At the moment near death, if one has saṃvega ñāṇa (sense of spiritual urgency) and when various painful feelings arise... one decides 'I will end this cycle of aggregates with these feelings, I won't recover anymore.' Then, turning attention to Dhamma, consciousness ceases with path and fruition knowledge.
Look... even when their body was kept in cold storage for two nights, it remained soft and flexible, not stiff... While others become hard like stone or wood...
Isn't this worth examining? How beneficial is this? We need to take this as an example, do you hear? We need to analyze this carefully...
Though we couldn't take photos, in Nammatee, Moe Kaung... the Buddhist nun... she too died well, do you hear? She died beautifully... Near death, she turned her wisdom to the aggregates, her body remained soft and flexible, could be moved and positioned... How smoothly it went... Don't we need to examine this?
This is about consciousness ceasing with path and fruition consciousness.
Faith (saddhā) is lacking, do you hear? Isn't this worth studying? If one truly believes, it's possible...
However, regarding this teaching, when there's time for practice... it doesn't take long... The matter of practicing Dhamma is worth considering...
To teach true Dhamma doesn't take even five minutes, do you hear? True Dhamma can be realized in two or three minutes... Don't we need faith for this? We need faith..."
Look... even when their body was kept in cold storage for two nights, it remained soft and flexible, not stiff... While others become hard like stone or wood...
Isn't this worth examining? How beneficial is this? We need to take this as an example, do you hear? We need to analyze this carefully...
Though we couldn't take photos, in Nammatee, Moe Kaung... the Buddhist nun... she too died well, do you hear? She died beautifully... Near death, she turned her wisdom to the aggregates, her body remained soft and flexible, could be moved and positioned... How smoothly it went... Don't we need to examine this?
This is about consciousness ceasing with path and fruition consciousness.
Faith (saddhā) is lacking, do you hear? Isn't this worth studying? If one truly believes, it's possible...
However, regarding this teaching, when there's time for practice... it doesn't take long... The matter of practicing Dhamma is worth considering...
To teach true Dhamma doesn't take even five minutes, do you hear? True Dhamma can be realized in two or three minutes... Don't we need faith for this? We need faith..."
