FW: [Buddha-l] Query on Non-Local Consciousness

[jkirk]

 "For those who performed wholesome karma, consciousness abandons from the
lower part [of the body.]  That is, cold sensation begins in the lower
portion and gradually abandons until reaching the heart....."

As I recall the text, Socrates -- dying from drinking hemlock-- became
paralysed or "cold" in this way--from the feet on up.
A yogachara proof that he was dying with a lot of good deeds behind him?
Joanna
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.............Further, when one who has performed bad karma is about to die,
the consciousness abandons from the upper portion [of the body]. That is,
cold sensation begins in the upper portion and gradually abandons {} until
reaching the heart. For those who performed wholesome karma, consciousness
abandons from the lower part [of the body.]  That is, cold sensation begins
in the lower portion and gradually abandons until reaching the heart. You
should know that the subsequent consciousness only abandons from the heart.
>From this the cold sensation fully [reaches the entire body.]

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