“Whole idea is really intriguing to me. If you took snapshots of ourselves throughout the day, the way that our mind is twisting and turning, then at the moment of death, the mind would be twisting and turning in the same way. But the Buddhists say it's super-sized because there's no bodily damper on it.”
If we could observe the mind’s constant activity, death would reveal the same mental turbulence, which Buddhism says is amplified without a physical body.
In simple terms: Mind stays active even after death, according to Buddhism.
Consider how mental patterns persist beyond life.
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Scientific evidence for post‑mortem mind activity is lacking.
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