What is the difference between Nirodha Samapatti and a person under anesthesia?
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 4:38 am
What is the difference between Nirodha Samapatti and a person under anesthesia?
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http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;"In the case of a monk who has died & passed away, his bodily fabrication has ceased & subsided, verbal fabrication has ceased & subsided, mental fabrication has ceased & subsided, his life force is totally ended, his heat is dissipated, and his faculties are shut down. But in the case of a monk who has attained the cessation of perception & feeling, his bodily fabrication has ceased & subsided, verbal fabrication has ceased & subsided, mental fabrication has ceased & subsided, his life force is not ended, his heat is not dissipated, and his faculties are bright & clear. This is the difference between a monk who has died & passed away and a monk who has attained the cessation of perception & feeling."
The former has not been anesthetized. It is easy to witness and experience the latter.SarathW wrote:What is the difference between Nirodha Samapatti and a person under anesthesia?
Not sure ...SarathW wrote:Consciousness is suspended (unconscious) for a person in Nirodha Samapatti as well.
I remember an experience being described, about a mediator who seemed dead for all intents and purposes, also had no contact/perception of the outside world, but after "waking up", they described a state of clear consciousness for that duration.his faculties are bright & clear