Temporary death because it conditions the arising of next moment
(Excerpt from the Dhamma discussion with Ajahn Sujin in Sai Gon (VN) 01/03/2024 am.) [T. Bach] So we heard that there are three kinds of death: the death at each moment, the momentary death. The ordinary death that everyone knows. And the death when the last citta of the arahatta falls away. So could you explain these three kinds of death, please. [A. Sujin] Begin again, all the time, to consider the truth, which is right now. What do you think about death? What does it mean, death? We just use the word, but what is the meaning of it? That which is there falls away, never to arises again, is that the meaning of death? That which is there falls away completely, absolutely, ultimately, never to arise again. Is that what everyone knows about death? So now, what is there now falls away instantly, never to arise again, isn't that death too? So now, seeing sees, and where is now? It fell away instantly, never to arise again, the death of seeing, of whatever arises. And this is temporar