People are always busy with good intentions and bad intentions, as well as to do this good and evil that. While sales  are busy attempting to do so, to death and so they tapped to leave behind all wealth, property, and loved ones to get away from this world forever. Therefore we must understand the importance of time immediately preceding death (the near-death) and how to cope with imminent death calmly and benefits.

Four Causes of Death 
Death occurs due to four causes, is  
(1) life span has elapsed, 
(2) termination of karma,  
(3) a combination of the two reasons above, 
(4) non-death time due to karma (the industrial segment - upacchedakakamma) - disrupted.

A suitable ratio for example four causes of death are the initials of an oil lamp. The lamp can be turned off by four factors are  
(1) the oil runs out, 
(2) heart sunk, 
(3) a combination of both: depleted oil and heart sunk,  
(4) external causes, such as a wind suddenly suddenly blew out or someone intentionally blew out.

first . Fulfilled life span 
realms Every life has a different life span. In this realm of human life-changing or life, depending on the lifetime increased reduction (kappa). If the world in the period of life is increasing, human life expectancy has also increased according to the immeasurable, while the world is falling cycle, human life expectancy also decreases down to a level of only ten years ( fresh). When Gotama Buddha appeared in this world, the maximum age is said to be a hundred years old. Today that level is only about seventy-five. Those with normal business can not exceed this maximum level; only those born with the capacity of the new special karma can live surpassed seventy-five. Their longevity can be attributed to past karma and tonic as the elixir of immortality - rasayana, for example.

During the Gotama Buddha (Codam), Maha Supposedly Cadiep (Mahakassapa), Ton Say Anan (Ananda) and Ms. Visakha, benefactors of the temple Dongfang Auto, lived to 120 years old; Supposedly live to 160 years old Bakula. The position has created the extremely noble karma of past lives. Ordinary people, there are no such special karma, will not live more than 75 years of their life span. The death of this age is called "normal life span has elapsed," as well as lamp oil quench all though heart (wick) remains so.

2 . Death by terminating karma 
karma brought to the life of a person would support life from conception onwards phase until capacity (now that) ended. There are also other kind now enhanced for the life support now and when the karma is exhausted, people will die despite their allotted still not satisfied. So if karma terminates at age 50, he will die at that age though their life span is 75. This is similar to the lamp off due to subsidence heart though still oil in the lamp.

3. Death due to both factors 
beings Some life-and death due to exhaustion of karma, just like the oil lamp off by heart and are exhausted at the same time. Therefore, there are people who live to be 75 years old if they have the support of karma until that age. Three types of death mentioned above is called dead time (kāla-mana).

4. Pilot dead time 
means death Upacchedaka non-time or unusual deaths. Some beings rather continue to live because life their network and allow karma to live like that. But if the evil they have done in the past suddenly bear fruit, when the evil of them must die now making a non-temporal death. This death is like the initials of the lamp by a wind blowing through the heart, and though oil still, or by someone deliberately blew out.

Such a death is often called death by industrial segments - upacchedaka-kamma, that is the result of disruptions caused by a powerful evil interjected.

Supposedly Maudgalyayana (Mahā Moggallana), in a past life have committed matricide. His evil is now had the opportunity to bear fruit in the last life as Mahā Moggallana; therefore he suffered the attack of five hundred robbers before he joins the balance on time Nirvana (parinibbana).

King Tanbasala (Bimbisara), one of the previous life went on in the hall shoes. Due to this bad now, he must die in pain because of the wounds he slit the soles of the feet on the present life.

Queen Samagoati (Samavati) and her maid, in a past life was lit on a haystack, inadvertently including a Pratyekabuddhas is samadhi (thought to exterminate life) (samapatti). When grass burn out, they discovered that he had burned a Pratyekabuddhas.

To cover up his sins behavior (because they mistakenly think that they have faith Pratyekabuddhas burned, but the fact that he can not be compromised fire or what time is samadhi), they have more quality in your firewood Buddha Single vision and set on fire and then walked away, thinking, "Now he will burn to ashes." After leaving the meditation at the end of Saturday, Germany Pratyekabuddhas got up and left, not harmed at all . Karma that has found an opportunity to give results and therefore they must die a death due to non-time burned alive to death. These are cases in which a powerful evil has now caused the death non-time.

Some extreme evil can create instant retribution. Dusi evil (Māra) started throwing stones at the saint's disciples Kassapa Buddha. Nanda ball and hit a hammer on the head of the new shaving -Development Supposedly relics. Germany Bodhisattva Khantivadi doing hermit was killed on the orders of King Kalabu. All these people - Dusi, Nanda, and King Kalabu - because now they do more evil, has been swallowed up by the land (land withdrawal) in their present life. Thus, the heinous acts of evil will generate immediate results.

Similarly, those who offend or insult the parents, elders and moral virtue, certainly suffer the ill effects of unwholesome they did and killed the pilot of death called akalamarana (non of death) before their allotted terminated. 
The Timeless Death Case

The continuum identity - identity, or mind and body, of every sentient being accompanied by the bad karma of the past. The bad karma for the fruit itself can not be serious enough to kill him. But when people do the wrong thing does not have an understanding of how to hedge themselves, do not heed health and their daily lives, the karma will find opportunities that bring harm or death for them.

If in the past, a person had been starved, tortured, beaten, burned, engulfing or torture others, the karma because of that they will face the same fate. Those who have abused others in the past suffered from chronic diseases such as asthma, leprosy, etc ... and to live for the rest of the network life unhappy and miserable her, and then killed by the her illness. Be neglectful in the habits of life will call the past karma come to fruit.

Location wise the old days have left many memorable maxim: "Life is secured by being visionary and intellectual foresee. Disasters happen only by a minute without thinking; much as eat just because a shabby piece that harm human life. Fools go into the cave lobster is definitely asking for painting must, not because of luck that could have been avoided. Do not believe your good karma that jump into the fire, he now will not save you from burning it! " 
What the wise old place to say here is that:" Every person who has a repository of karma immoral in the past; if this occupation is not too strong, they can not get the opportunity to become effective. We only have the opportunity to be neglectful results when people (living sloppy), and do not pay attention to the carelessness of their lifestyle. Therefore, if a person living recklessly and despised his health, not farsighted and reserve in advance to take care of yourself, then even a small negative karma will also have the opportunity to fruit and death also very close to such a person (even before the life-and now their power to terminate) "This is the advice of the wise position for the next generation.

In summary, the four types of death mentioned above, the final type (non-time death) is very popular nowadays because most of them live a reckless, reckless. Negligent in lifestyle is the main cause of the non-temporal death. Those who want to live for the rest of their life span need to preserve life with mindfulness and wisdom.

Importance of Minutes Final Seconds

When a dying person by any person in four who have said, it is important that they must obtain the express moral consciousness (javana-cittas) about half an hour before he died. If the charity is thinking prevailed until the last breath, then that person will be reborn in the happy planes. If they have immoral Express before his death, surely they would have regenerated into four realms. Therefore, the final round of horse racing How important, then the last moment for a person to have a good rebirth is so important. A person can be good or bad thoughts before the time of death, depending on the type of object is starting to interest them.

Three type Object 
Immediately before his death, people will see one of three objects, that is, kamma (now), kamma nimitta (Industry Minister) and gati-nimitta (the Prime Minister). Here now means that good deeds or bad (to say other than, those investments or deliberate - cetanā - good or evil) they had done in the past. Industry Minister - Kamma nimitta is the tool or tools they had used in carrying out the work was good or evil. Animal PM - gati nimitta is the vision of the realm or where they will be reborn into it.

Now appears as Audience How

When the action past or now that they have taken only a few seconds before, or just half an hour or an hour before, or even the industry has undertaken a previous life, or many eons ago, have a chance for regeneration results in the next life, they will appear immediately to the heart of the dying. Concerning the appearance of industry, should be made clear here is that, if he is now giving or keeping business world, it will appear with remembrance, or by manually starting out right away just like in a dream dress. So there are two ways of karma appear. As for karma, if he is now killing, then now is the appearance of being recalled or because it is self-starting as if the killing was being done at that moment. Thus there are also two ways of unwholesome appearance. For other moral and immoral career appearance should be construed in such a way.

General Industry Export Show How

Killing one ever will see the weapons they used: Swords, knives, nets (fishing), arrows, sticks, etc ... as near-death scene. A butcher was told will see the image of a prophetic cow bones. Who ever do something immoral as theft, adultery etc ..., will see the spectacle commensurate with their evil deeds.

Who ever done such good deeds to build Temple, Tower'll create scenes Temples, Stupa just before his death. Or they can see things which they alms, charity donations in conjunction with the construction of their temple tower created as Y, Bat, floral, candles etc ... For those who have served the world or meditate will see the picture as stringing, clean clothes, the hall, the forests where practitioners often to meditate etc ... those who worked in service, reverence will also see the corresponding images.

Animal General Appearance How

At near-death, the precursor signs appear to indicate that the next life of a person. If a person will be reborn Heaven, the goddess, Thien Cung, and Thien members etc ... will appear in front (about) him. If a person will be reborn in the human realm, the red of the walls of the fetus's future mother will appear with them.

If hell is their fate, they'll see the black dog (black dog), hell fire, or the ruler of the underworld. Who was to become hungry ghosts (petas) will find large forests, mountains, rivers, coasts where they will reside.

The Manifestation On Face 
The expression on the faces of the dying will point out to see their next births. If they face in the morning and be glad, for sure they will be reborn in the higher realms (like the Gods etc ...). A gloomy face, sad or stern showed their rebirth will be the lower realms. However, there are also cases where they will smile in daze for the past pleasures. The smile was not seen as a good sign.

The Manifestation Through whisper 
Sometimes the dying whisper or say something softly words not clear an unconscious way. Once there was an old man, father of Elder Sona, arahants, once a hunter when he was young, he was ordained as old Bhikkhus in the temple of his son. When dying, in the near-death scene, he saw the black dog just chased him. He cried constantly, "Hey, son! Let's chase the dogs away for you. "

He knew that his father Sona seeing bad omens and will certainly born into hell. Thanks to the monks in the temple seeking the instant brought flowers disperse them on the Tower (Church Relics), he helped his father to the tower along with the bed and told him, "Hey Master, be happy to. I have offered them flowers on behalf of Master. "The father regained consciousness and while offering flowers to Buddha's mind on the unconscious again. In the near-death situation he now found the female God (fairies in heaven) and so he whispered, "Hey baby, let's invite them to sit; the design of the form is to behold. "At that time the son thought," Now the signs of the realm of heavenly beings appeared. "The old monk died and was born to Heaven.

The type of Animal General (gati-nimitta) Other

There are a number of people dying suddenly see scenes carry on their livelihoods recurrence. At the time of Gotama Buddha (Gautama Buddha ie us), Revati wife of a wealthy man named Nandiya, the woman very arrogant conceit. She did not have faith in the Buddha and often vilified the monk; opposite her husband is a very devout devotees. After his death he became a heavenly beings. When Revati dying, two Dementors from hell to heaven and dragged her up showed her that Nandiya splendid life (her husband) is enjoying.Then they dragged her back to hell to punish her cruel attitudes in the human world. 
Also in the time of the Buddha, a respectable devotees named Dhammika (Visit-eyelid Osaka) refuge to the Three Jewels. He led a group of devotees to live a life of virtue. When the hour of death approached, he listened to all of the monk chant his bedside, and found six deck Thien away (by car from the heavens) are waiting at the top to take him to Heaven (devaloka).

He also saw and heard the heavenly beings vie see who will take him on their marksmanship. Soon he died and was God's Away Tusita heaven (Dau rate) transported to Heaven, where he became a heavenly beings (deva).

For people with swallowing soil (soil cracking) due to the serious evil (modern five grave crimes), they will direct feeling the heat of hell fire ATY (Avici) right now. So, now we have seen the Prime Minister (gati-nimitta) appears different ways. In our era, too, have some people deathbed hear music (sun) and smell fragrant, with people standing next to also hear and smell again. Gati-nimitta the industry, along with (kamma) and Industry Minister (Kamma nimitta) often appear as illusions caused by the power of the past now find opportunities to work.

Help For Scene Good Appear 
When an infected person is slowly dying a natural death, the teacher organizations, friends and relatives who can help for the good object in the visual appearance of the dying General does. As sure that the patient can not recover, they will clean up the room and the area around it to really clean and floral offerings to the Buddha (Buddhist altar). At night, the entire room must be lighted. They will advise the dying scene imagined floral, candles that had been offered to the Buddha on their behalf and ask him this happy with the improvement. They will also read texts paritta (Business Bao-status) at which heart patients can still think of the sacred objects. Relatives should not feel disappointed and caregivers should not they also looked melancholy. The prayers and floral offerings not only in the last moments before he died, which must be taken several days earlier. Dying just so newly instilled in the mind of the Buddha offerings karma and dharma, smell the fragrance of the flowers ngào, hear the sounds of legal protection, or the teachings of Buddha in a few days.

Thus, when the moment to die approached, at the patients are seeing the light and fruit offerings before the Buddha, the smell of sweet incense asphyxia, legal protection words, the particles will arise before the mind these objects disappear. Therefore the good thinking of this last moment belongs to karma, the dead will inevitably reborn in the realm of good.

Therefore the teacher organizations, friends and relatives should be responsible for helping to improve the object appear to mind dying while they are still capable radial into these objects. Remember the elders helped Sona bad sign for his father's disappearance and make good generals appear to his mind how to help the dying person to get the true benefits.

Regeneration Center Appear How

Soon mail center (under a previous life) termination, heart regeneration in the new life arises. Two of mutual interest related to this. Between mind and heart regeneration death no gap (interrupted) at all. A person has to die in the human realm will immediately be reborn in a certain realm, can be hell or heaven. Even after death, heart regeneration appeared and led to the formation of a new being, a new life.

Two ditthi

We must be very careful, because otherwise we would conceptions of death and rebirth in the light of the two viewpoints is usually is (sassata-ditthi) and paragraph is (uccheda-ditthi). Believe there is a soul resides in the body, the soul and the body to a new transference to become another being is usually is (sassata: that the soul is eternal + diṭṭhi: TA). Believes that every name (NAMA) and excellent (rupa) of past lives (including what they think is the soul) does not have to continue in the next life, when a person dies in a previous life including things like terminating (come to destruction completely), and perhaps a new being can by God created, is the is (uccheda: end of one's life all life and matter in which completely destroyed; no continuity at all + diṭṭhi: TA)

Right View

For people to be reborn in a new life, three factors - ignorance (avijjā), craving (Tanha), and Industrial (kamma) is considered the most important. As death approached, ignorance cover up the shortcomings of the Aggregates and matter in the next life.

Craving now aspire for that existence. Although the signs (General Condition) ugly and frightening appearance of subsequent birth, craving think it will be a life without the evil, frightening her. Thus, by not see the cons (of aggregates) because of ignorance had concealed it, craving tends towards and grasping new life. In this new life, due to the strength of the industry, and matter called regeneration which will be set up first.

Thus, because of name and form, to keep students in a moment new life, arising as a result of ignorance, greed, and now in a previous life, that passage is "the newborn (due to the light God's creation, etc ...) has no association with any previous life ", is not true; and often said that "the soul reincarnated in a previous life, the new life" is not right either. What to say and matter in a previous life reincarnation into a new life, even in one's life, and matter being in one place, and did not move to a different place then, because they kill immediately after birth dress. So what are called "eternal soul" is basically non-organic (non-existent: the non-existence, no or do not exist) 
, therefore, we must be very careful not to be led away astray by these two viewpoints.

We must understand that in a new life, conception, formation and mentality, as a result of ignorance, greed, and the previous life now. This is the only right view. When we shout in the vicinity of a mountain, we will hear an echo. This echo is not the original sound created by us, but it is not independent of his first sound.When a lamp is the bait from the flame of the first lamp, new fire is not the fire of the first lamp; but it is not independent of the flame of her lamp. Likewise, the new life is not the reincarnation of the old life; but it is not independent of the old life. 
Remember that if the past is now immoral, this life would be so evil. 
It can be said, good and bad experiences in the present life is explained by two factors: the actions (now) have done in the past, and understanding or knowledge and diligent efforts in this present life .

Conclude

When we say "a dead man" does not mean that for him it's all nothing more; important thing is that he has been reborn in a good life or not, because it is to be reborn in a new life so that human beings die. And to prepare yourself to get in a good mood right at the death - which could only be when people die less pain, sickness gently as possible, and especially to have good friends who know how to help us in time of death - what better and more benefits us both remain prepared for future lives, instead of waiting until the last moment. We must have a moral life, and prepare for the day of his death so that there is a good rebirth in samsara until attainment of Nirvana. END=NAM MO CAKYA MOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.22/2/2017.