Jun 20 2008
Rebirth
Rebirth consciousness (patsandhi citta), life-continuum consciousness (bavanga citta), death consciousness (cuti cita) in one particular existence are identical as they have the same object. The mental states in each of these three are the same. They differ only in function and in name.
The type of consciousness at the moment of conception is termed rebirth consciousness or patisandhi citta. It is so called because it happens to link the past with the present. Patisandhi, literally, means re-linking.
Rebirth consciousness is conditioned by the powerful thought one experiences at the dying moment, and is regarded as the source of the present life stream. In the course of one particular life there is only one rebirth consciousness (patisandhi citta).
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