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**invest7manager** · 05-26-2011, 03:14 AM

Did anyone ever ask the Buddha (as recoded in the Pali texts) about what happens when a person becomes unconscious, and then after a period of time regains consciousness? Specifically, the context I am referring to is that a person has some attachment to s sense of "me", and then after a period of being unconscious, such as in a coma, upon regaining consciousness they assume that same thought of who they were before. They sort of pick up where they left off even though they've been unconscious for a while. There are some schools that regarded this as a sort of of subconscious continuity.

I'm going to be up front here--I am not looking for a debate. This is a question that came up centuries later in the Mahayana schools. Really, I am not trying to pose a loaded question or anything. I merely want to know if this 'conscious-unconscious-conscious again' thing was ever addressed in the Pali literature.

Thanks.

05-26-2011, 03:14 AM	#1
invest7manager Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 500 Senior Member	question about unconscious Did anyone ever ask the Buddha (as recoded in the Pali texts) about what happens when a person becomes unconscious, and then after a period of time regains consciousness? Specifically, the context I am referring to is that a person has some attachment to s sense of "me", and then after a period of being unconscious, such as in a coma, upon regaining consciousness they assume that same thought of who they were before. They sort of pick up where they left off even though they've been unconscious for a while. There are some schools that regarded this as a sort of of subconscious continuity. I'm going to be up front here--I am not looking for a debate. This is a question that came up centuries later in the Mahayana schools. Really, I am not trying to pose a loaded question or anything. I merely want to know if this 'conscious-unconscious-conscious again' thing was ever addressed in the Pali literature. Thanks.
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