Mid-warm body.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE EGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

I. Introduction
A human life can be a hundred years, or it may be shorter. When we are alive we know for sure that one day we must die. Does a human life encapsulate the words Life and Death?

"The heroic intelligence, the same
foolishness".

We know that well but we still spend most of our time, mind, and talents competing over losing, right and left ... In the short fragile life of a human life, few people will stop. for a minute, thinking about the past and the future, asking yourself a question:

Where do we come from and where do we die? Actually, Buddhism not only focuses on when dying, but because it wants to be happy when dying as well as when living. Being sentient beings of course there is birth and death, there is city or defeat; It is an immutable law of life, the law of all laws. The existence of all things from ancient times to thousands later is like the shadow of a moon in water, flowers in glass, not enduring, not real, only in a flash of fragility like clouds of smoke flying across in front of you, like a dream, like foam float. All changes are ceaseless in every moment of birth and death.

Death is the inevitable law of all that has life. Death is not the final resting place but the end of a previous life and preparing a new life.
The anxiety that has repeatedly prompted me to boldly hold a pen, please write, to mention the reader of a strange state of man while dying, or dying. That is what I have gathered in the Buddhist commentaries, and sometimes I see with my own eyes friends and friends during the moment of departure by the verses of the teachers. Because of that, I would like to introduce the small sections in this article, I hope that readers, the dead as well as the living will enjoy many benefits.

II. The breath has stopped but the consciousness has not left the body
Some people say that death is like a lamp that goes out, but the truth is not so much, a burned shadow is damaged if we replace a new one, a good bulb will continue to light, the dead symbolizes the light is off, the bulb is broken, we replace the new one. In the symbol that represents liberation, perversion or reincarnation, the broken lamp does not mean the power is lost, but it is also hidden inside.
For a human being, after the breath has stopped, the consciousness has not left the body, all perception is the same as us, only we know pain, know awareness, know how to react. And the consciousness is the opposite ... now there is only the Arahant consciousness called the eighth consciousness, which is the last consciousness leaving the body and ending one life, one life. But that consciousness is the first consciousness that enters the womb to form a new being, a new life. So it should be said that Arahant is the owner of life in the samsara. To make it easy to understand, the writer would like to borrow the sentence:
"I am with me, though two, but one
I and me, though one but two."

In lust, when men and women love each other so much, body and soul, they have now merged as a no longer boundary between man and woman, between ourselves and me, between me and me, lust for love. Both sides are united into a mass of glue, that karma is stored by A-re-da awakening to wait until that period, it hatches to maturity, creating karma to create a new life. And so it continues on forever on the path of samsara.

Therefore, man stops breathing, the pulse stops, the heart stops beating, but the spiritual part has not really left the body, it remains in a state of full perception. The perception of that consciousness is like a tortoise stripped from its shell, separated from its shell, they suffer, but cannot speak, the consciousness feels helpless with pain, every action of a loved one. They all know if they are alive, but they cannot explain to their loved ones with words, actions, and appearances, so they feel sad and lonely.

During that time, the consciousness has not escaped from the body, our relatives should pay attention to take care and bathe gently, especially we should not cry and cry, because at this time the consciousness does not know that we really die. . They see us weeping, they don't know why we cry and weep, thus putting more weight on the spirit of the dead.

At this stage, the spirit of the dead feels a helpless emptiness because at that time they have separated from their old life. If we lose a loved one, we feel pain, the consciousness separated from the body, they also feel bored, afraid of being with another world, the world without relatives, understanding this we have to sympathize with people. unlucky. We alternately recite the Buddha's name in harmony with the verses of the verse to help lead the consciousness to move in serenity and gently.

III. The phase of consciousness leaves the body
After stopping the breath, the consciousness leaves the body. If it is not liberated, it must go through a dark dark state for three or more days. Because it depends on the merit of that person while still alive, and then begins to enter the intermediate state. For ease of understanding we divide it into three categories.
A- For those who were still alive, they practiced the ten virtues.
1 / No killing: Compassion does not kill
2 / No stealing: Righteousness, not taking from people.
3 / No adultery: Clean, not nefarious.
4 / Do not lie: Truth is not deceiving.
5 / Do not weave: Honestly no chicanery
6 / No piercing: do not say glass harmony cockroach
7 / Do not say harsh: Mildness not bitter not vulgar.
8 / No greed: Spacious generosity.
9 / No anger: From the harmony of patience
10 / No delusion: Clear awareness.

At the same time, take refuge in the Three Jewels, keep the five precepts to live fully on humanity, ceremony, meaning, wisdom and faith.
When the breath is stopped, the person dies, immediately the consciousness will take birth to the heavenly realm, the human realm does not have to wait.
B. Those who specialize in meditating or reciting the Buddha's name to a one-pointed state of unrest, when the consciousness leaves the body, they are immediately born into heaven.
C- For those wicked wickedness, when just stopped breathing the consciousness will fall into three evil ways (hell, hungry ghost and animal).
Again, normally the person dies when the body is cold, but in the person remains a hot place that finally becomes cold, that is the departure of the consciousness, in preparation for this body disguise.

According to the experience of the ancient virtues taught, the dead body is cold, probably only in the eyes or on the forehead, there is a hot spot, we predict that the dead will escape the cycle of samsara and live life in the holy realm. If the remaining hot spot remains above the head will be born into the heavenly realm (celestial birth). If in the other chest the hot spot will be born into the human race (human heart) if the other belly the hot spot falls into the realm of the hungry ghosts. If the whole body is cold but the knee has a hot spot, it will be born into the realm of the birth. And in the end if the whole body is cold and the soles of the feet are hot, we guess they will go to hell (hell at heart). That is the experience of the seniors precisely, but sometimes when we actually face the corpse, we find that most of them are hot at the chest point, while other places rarely happen. We just need to see what we do,

IV. Where the consciousness goes after leaving the

Buddha's body once said: "Beings drift in the three realms of six paths depending on good karma, negative karma,". After death, their consciousness (intermediate state body) reincarnates depending on the karma created during life, that is, they have to go up and down in the six paths. Just like that, live dead, live dead, go up and down, up, change shape, drown floating and rolling in the circle of the wheel of life and death. Only those who cultivate virtuous virtue, direct goodness, do good deeds, recite the Buddha's name, will immediately after their death, that person's consciousness is immediately born into the West of Great Bliss. They no longer dominate the samsara of samsara in the three realms of samsara.

The intermediate state body reincarnates, transforming into a new life due to the good karma and negative karma they must embrace. Song, near death karma (karma caused in a split second of life) it is also very important to decide for the life expectancy in the future. That is an optimal thing that we cannot ignore. Some people, while still alive, do not know how to create good things, cultivate merit, do not chant sutras, go fast, recite Buddha's name. When they were young, they put all their strength into the competition, losing their humanity, plundering and killing, competing for their win, their own interests. When they were about to die, just in a split second, near death karma came, they awoke to feel repentant, regress to goodness with a heart earnestly repent of their sins, turn their heads towards goodness and think of Buddha and Bodhisattva. Immediately near death karma in that moment was dissolved, they can be delivered from falling into the evil path. Therefore, one final thought when one closes one's eyes and leaves life is the driving force in the matter of super-ascending or perversion. If a recollection thinks that good will be born of good faith, if a thought is evil, it will fall into evil direction. If that thought, remember that Buddha will be born in the Pure Land. Near-death karma it has special properties, is decisive for a human life in the long future.

V. What do relatives do to save the intermediate state body

The perversion of reincarnation or liberation of the spirit is caused by the person himself while living, but the family also has a share of responsibility in this matter. Experiencing within 49 days is an important milestone for the intermediate state body to reincarnate depending on the karma created while alive. Although life has never created good conditions, studied Buddhism, believed in Buddha, fasted, recited Buddha's name, gave alms, and created blessings, but when they died, for about 49 days, the intermediate state body existed in a dull state and she suffered every second, every minute longing for the salvation of her relatives. Therefore, the super-rise or fall of the spirit depends on the relatives, in those who are still alive. We should develop strong courage to save the spirit from the abyss. Like publishing scriptures, giving alms, giving birth, offering a week of worship, sincerely praying to dedicate spirit to good will. Within 49 days, our relatives should be vegetarian, use vegetarian food to worship, and absolutely forbidden to kill. So not only do people lose benefits, but those who live are blessed because they do not create karma. As in the Jizō scripture it is written: “Doing the killing, up to the worship of the devil, did not have a shred of merit, which can benefit the dead, but also adds to the deeper sin. Even though the dead in their next life, or in this life can attest to sainthood or to be born into heaven, when they die, their relatives do evil (that is, murder). many implications, slow birth to heal. If only the dead person, when alive, has never done a bit of good, a good deed, only depends on the original karma to create, and should have suffered evil beasts, how could the relatives cause more karma for them ". use vegetarian food to worship and absolutely forbid killing. So not only do people lose benefits, but those who live are blessed because they do not create karma. As in the Jizō scripture it is written: “Doing the killing, up to the worship of the devil, did not have a shred of merit, which can benefit the dead, but also adds to the deeper sin. Although the dead in their next life, or in this life can attest to sainthood or to be born into heaven, when they die, their relatives do evil (that is, murder). many implications, slow birth to heal. If only the dead person, when alive, has never done a bit of good, a good deed, only depends on the original karma to create, and should have suffered evil beasts, how could the relatives cause more karma for them ". use vegetarian food to worship and absolutely forbid killing. So not only do people lose benefits, but those who live are blessed because they do not create karma. As in the Jizō scripture it is written: “Doing the killing, up to the worship of the devil, did not have a shred of merit, which can benefit the dead, but also adds to the deeper sin. Although the dead in their next life, or in this life can attest to sainthood or to be born into heaven, when they die, their relatives do evil (that is, murder). many implications, slow birth to heal. How much if the dead person, when alive, has never done a little good, a good deed, only depends on the original karma to create, should have suffered evil beasts, how could the relatives cause more karma for them ”. but the living are blessed because they do not kill. As in the Jizō scripture it says: “Doing the killing, up to the worship of the demons, did not have a shred of merit, which could benefit the dead, but also added to the deeper sin. Even though the dead in their next life, or in this life can attest to sainthood or to be born into heaven, when they die, their relatives do evil (that is, murder). many implications, slow birth to heal. How much if the dead person, when alive, has never done a little good, a good deed, only depends on the original karma to create, should have suffered evil beasts, how could the relatives cause more karma for them ”. but the living are blessed because they do not kill. As in the Jizō scripture it says: “Doing the killing, up to the worship of the demons, did not have a shred of merit, which could benefit the dead, but also added to the deeper sin. Although the dead in their next life, or in this life can attest to sainthood or to be born into heaven, when they die, their relatives do evil (that is, murder). many implications, slow birth to heal. If only the dead person, when alive, has never done a bit of good, a good deed, only depends on the original karma to create, and should have suffered evil beasts. but also deepened the sin. Although the dead in their next life, or in this life can attest to sainthood or to be born into heaven, when they die, their relatives do evil (that is, murder). many implications, slow birth to heal. If only the dead person, when alive, has never done a bit of good, a good deed, only depends on the original karma to create, and should have suffered evil beasts, how could the relatives cause more karma for them ". but also aggravated sin. Although the dead in their next life, or in this life can attest to sainthood or to be born into heaven, when they die, their relatives do evil (that is, murder). many implications, slow birth to heal. If only the dead person, when alive, has never done a bit of good, a good deed, only depends on the original karma to create, and should have suffered evil beasts.
Therefore, the merits of doing good deeds, creating blessings of relatives, even if the dead fall into hell, hungry ghosts, and animals will also benefit many, heavy karma becomes light karma and victorious merit. .

When the dead leave a legacy, want to save and create blessings for the deceased, the survivor should give material alms to the poor, print scriptures, pictures, or do something beneficial to society. . But we should note one thing that does those things, it is necessary to confront the spirit and tell them, to avoid the confusion that gives rise to anger and hatred for one's possessions. Human spirit that spirit immediately arises evil concept of anger, anger immediately falls, karma leads them into evil. It is best to divide the property over 49 days, wait for Than Trung An to reincarnate, but at the 49-day period, Than Trung Am still indulged in his possessions, whoever touches them immediately starts to get angry, immediately. will fall. It is said in the sutras: "While taking the legacy of the dead and working the merits to save them, first of all, it is necessary to check whether that person is alive, miserable or not, If they were miserable when they were alive, then when they saw that their relatives brought their heritage to the Buddha or gave alms. All of them see their belongings now become the possession of others, giving birth to anger and regret. That cause arises wrong thoughts, immediately led to evil karma. So good knowledge is that their family members must know how to declare: "Now, for someone else's legacy to become the Buddha, or to work for merit, doing so means bringing illegal possessions to work. contraband, thanks to this merit will be super rebirth Pure Land. You must respectfully recite Amitabha Buddha, pray to Him to save. For heritage you need to leave, do not be preoccupied, must be completely free from greed. Since the possessions of the world cannot be used any longer, it has become useless to you. When we see that our relatives bring their inheritance to the Buddha or give alms. All of them see their belongings now become the possession of others, giving birth to anger and regret. That cause arises wrong thoughts, immediately led to evil karma. So good knowledge is that their family members must know how to declare: "Now, for someone else's legacy to become the Buddha, or to work for merit, doing so means bringing illegal possessions to work. contraband, thanks to this merit will be super rebirth Pure Land. You must respectfully recite Amitabha Buddha, pray to Him to save. For heritage you need to leave, do not be bothered, must be completely free from greed. Since the possessions of the world cannot be used any longer, it has become useless to you. When we see that our relatives bring their inheritance to the Buddha or give alms. All of them see their belongings now become the possession of others, giving birth to anger and regret. That cause arises wrong thoughts, immediately led to evil karma. So good knowledge is that their family members must know how to declare: "Now, for someone, I bring the legacy of the Buddha to the Buddha, or work for merit, doing so means bringing illegal possessions to work. contraband, thanks to this merit will be super rebirth Pure Land. You must respectfully recite Amitabha Buddha, pray to Him to save. For heritage you need to leave, do not be bothered, must be completely free from greed. Since the possessions of the world cannot be used any longer, it has become useless to you. instant born anger and regret. That cause arises wrong thoughts, immediately led to evil karma. So good knowledge is that their family members must know how to declare: "Now, for someone else's legacy to become the Buddha, or to work for merit, doing so means bringing illegal possessions to work. contraband, thanks to this merit will be super rebirth Pure Land. You must respectfully recite Amitabha Buddha, pray to Him to save. For heritage you need to leave, do not be preoccupied, must be completely free from greed. Since the possessions of the world cannot be used any longer, it has become useless to you. instant born anger and regret. That cause arises wrong thoughts, immediately led to evil karma. So good knowledge is that their family members must know how to declare: "Now, for someone else's legacy to become the Buddha, or to work for merit, doing so means bringing illegal possessions to work. contraband, thanks to this merit will be super rebirth Pure Land. You must respectfully recite Amitabha Buddha, pray to Him to save. For heritage you need to leave, do not be preoccupied, must be completely free from greed. Since the possessions of the world cannot be used any longer, it has become useless to you. that is to bring illegal possessions to work illegally, thanks to this merit will be super reborn Pure Land. You must respectfully recite Amitabha Buddha, pray to Him to save. For heritage you need to leave, do not be preoccupied, must be completely free from greed. Since the possessions of the world cannot be used any longer, it has become useless to you. that is to bring illegal possessions to work illegally, thanks to this merit will be super reborn Pure Land. You must respectfully recite Amitabha Buddha, pray to Him to save. For heritage you need to leave, do not be preoccupied, must be completely free from greed. Since the possessions of the world cannot be used any longer, it has become useless to you.

The intermediate state body reincarnates according to karma
The influence of the karma that each bardo feels differently, before it receives the message, at that time the consciousness has left the body, but it is still confused in the hazy scene. , regardless of whether we are still alive or dead, we do not know where we will go, we still see, still know what the living are doing, each appears in front of our eyes, but it only knows not to respond with sound. speak so that relatives and survivors can hear, understand and know.

Sometimes he saw his loved one cry bitterly next to his body, which was funny and sometimes he also tried to cry to explain to his loved one not to cry, because he thought he was still alive. But we completely don't know because the yin and yang are two separate bodies. Our relatives understand this, so we should try not to cry and cry, instead focus on reciting Amitabha Buddha to pray that he will continue to lead the spirit to quickly transcend, or offer invite the high monks in the pagoda together with the intellectuals to chant in unison, before the body of the dead, or in front of the dead's spirituality, that time is a crucial moment, ups and downs. , joy, suffering, liberation, perversion are decided decisively in the moment that the consciousness leaves the body, the body of the four elements disperses. We relatives should note one thing, after the person has breathed the last one should leave it alone or move the body for 8 to 10 hours. At that time between consciousness and body separated from each other, they were like a tortoise separated from its shell and removed from its shell, so we touch the feeling of double pain, the person who lost the pain cried bitterly but We completely do not know, thus giving the unhappy person an eternal suffering, the very thing that our loved one should pay attention to.

Liberation in the present is near liberation, liberation in the future is liberation far away. But to be liberated in the future must cause liberation in the present, according to the Buddhist concept the perversion of samsara or liberation goes through six mortal scenes and four holy results.

Six mortal scenes: hell, bladder, ghoul, atula, human and heaven.
The four saintly results: Thanh Van, Dependent Origination, Bodhisattva and Buddha.

I /. Six mortal scenes
1. Falling into hell

Even in this life, if we are human, but we do not cultivate virtuous virtue, cause so many evil things, at the moment of death many scenes of fear will appear and surround us, fear has caused consciousness. find a direction to run away to pray to escape. But where the bad karma runs to escape.

The more they try to run, they do not find a direction, just hide to avoid the fear of fear, then suddenly they hear songs of sadness to ease the fear that surrounds them, they begin to search. according to that music, suddenly their bodies were driven out into a dark darkness, houses, castles sometimes white, sometimes black, deep holes, dark roads, feet walking below The earth was full of hot fire, sometimes cold soaked in the body, bitterly suffering a lot of suffering, then at that moment when the flames rose, they mistook it for warmth so hurriedly walked over there, suddenly a gust of wind I can't get out of the heat, I can't live my life, I can't die. Our relatives, because of the dead, show us and help us recite Buddha's name. Although the predestined aid is not strong enough to save them, it is also possible to gradually improve their malice, reducing their suffering.

2. Falling into the bladder The
karma of the dead if reincarnated into the bladder, it is divided into four species: ovule born, fetus, low birth and biochemistry.

a /. Low birth and biochemistry
As a place of birth damp, it feels suitable in the taste of the stench of mud and mucus, taking that as a temporary refuge, giving birth to indulgence, immediately coming to that place to be born, depending on Karma feels the feeling of feeling, it comes to get close and falls into it. In that there is no blood of parental harmony. During that time the transport is circulating, it can transform from stage to stage like a clone transforms into a frog, a moth into a silkworm.

b /. Placenta birth and birth
The intermediate body falls into this species if the jealousy is heavy, anger, hatred, will reincarnate into the wolves, leopard tigers, wild beasts, centipedes and scorpions. And again, whoever lives full, heavy lustful life, separates and separates others, when dying will fall as a lovebird, dove, and stripper. Until when people live playing miserably, falling, when the waterfall is born, they will fall as ape, monkey ... The law of samsara never runs to escape, when living, sowing, what to create The results must be paid at death.

c /. Falling into the ghoul The
karma of the dead will fall into the hungry ghost, at that time, seeing many frightening demons holding a lot of weapons, their fangs flashing, screaming and trampling each other to drag , robbed and killed, danced around and chased after me, sometimes fierce hurricanes, lightning, rain, fog, hot fire surrounded the intermediate state body, when cold wind blew into the marrow's bones to make the body. Warm awe, wanting to fall, trying to run away to hide, where to run ahead is a deep abyss, dead alive and standing still.

Fallen in hungry ghosts are divided into many species. The hungry ghost has power and the hungry ghost has no power.

Prostitute has power: This kind of hungry ghost has the divine power to transform, without hunger and suffering. As in the business has said the devil Da-rub, the demon Cuu-table-tea. Devils who are powerful when living and doing alms work are also solemnly welcomed when they die, but they have a bad thing, that is, they fall into a hungry ghost. When he was still alive as a great official, he overwhelmed the people, improperly governed the people, many times judged injustice, killed innocent people, and died as a demon Ban-tea.

A hungry ghost has no power: A demon that is hungry, cold, stinky body, with sores, is full of scales, has difficulty eating, always wanting to enjoy it. There are ancient demons like a needle, a belly that is as big as a drum, with a foul mouth that can only eat what has liquid water, such as porridge, the kind of demons in the sutras who talk too much.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.1/9/2020.