[DoctorTentonyya]

Yes but the Buddha is also talking about what happens at death rather than the mind becoming lofty and noble for someone still living.




My own interpretation from the the English translation of the sutta is that it might mean that with correct practice, at the death of the body, the unbound mind dissolves into space.

Hi Aloka,

THIS is the reason why I am against certain "buddhists" stating that Nibbanna is only a "psychological state/philosophical frame of mind."

It is not, as the concept of rebirth undermines the above statement, which actually degrades Nibbana to a "brain bound concept." This is not to say that at least something can't be said about what Nibbana actually is. If a person can communicate metaphor, simile and analogy being abstractions work and Nibbana was described like that exactly by the Buddha along with the Buddha stating that it's "fruit" is for here and now also.

This verse actually proves that the Vajrayana Phowa concept, not practice necessarily, is part of Buddhadhamma.

Thank you,
Stefos