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Faculty of sati (mindfulness) — Sudassà realm
d Faculty of samàdhi (concentration) — Suddassã realm
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Faculty of pa¤¤à (wisdom) — Akaniññha realm
4 Effects of Aråpàvacara-kusala Kammas
âkàsàna¤càyatana-kusala kamma gives birth in âkàsàna¤cà-yatana
realm with àkàsàna¤càyatana vipàka-citta as rebirth consciousness.
Vi¤¤àna¤càyatana-kusala kamma gives birth in Vi¤¤àna¤càyatana
realm with vi¤¤àna¤càyatana-vipàka citta as rebirth
consciousness and then as life continuum.
âki¤ca¤¤àyatana-kusala kamma gives birth in âki¤ca¤¤àyatana
realm with àki¤ca¤¤àyatana-vipàka citta as rebirth
consciousness and then as life continuum.
N’evasa¤¤à-n’àsa¤¤àyatana-kusala kamma gives birth in
N’evasa¤¤à-n’àsa¤¤àyatana realm with n’evasa¤¤à-n’àsa¤¤àyatana-vipàka-citta
as rebirth consciousness and then as life
continuum.
Fourfold Advent of Death (Maraõ’uppatti-catukka)
The fourfold advent of death may be compared to the four ways
of extinguishing a lighted oil-lamp.
The flame of the oil-lamp may go out when:
1 the wick burns out,
2 the oil burns out,
3 both the wick and the oil burn out, or
4 the wind blows suddenly or the light is put out
purposely even though the wick and the oil still remain.
In the same way, a person may die in one of the following
ways: