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death
death. The point at which life in any of the
six realms of
rebirth ceases. In Buddhist thought, repeated death encapsulates the existential problem of life in
saṃsāra, from which
nirvāṇa is the only release. As such, death is ennumerated as an aspect of suffering (
duḥkha) under the First Noble Truth (see
Four Noble Truths). In the
Pāli Canon death is defined in biological terms as the cessation of vitality (āyu), heat (usmā), and consciousness (viññāna, Skt.,
vijñāna) (e.g. S. iii. 143). Old age and death is also the twelfth link in the chain of Dependent Origination (
pratītya-samutpāda). In Buddhist scholasticism (
Abhidharma), it is held that death occurs from moment to moment as phenomena arise and perish within the individual life-continuum (see
bhavaṅga). The last of these moments, known as the
cuti-citta, is when existence in any life ceases. Death also has great symbolic significance, and is represented mythologically by the figure of
Māra, the Buddhist devil.
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DEATH-PENALTY LAWS CHANGED GIVING BALANCE NOT ENOUGH: OPPONENT SAYS NEW SYSTEM STILL UNFAIR
Newspaper article from: Herald-News (Joliet, IL); 6/30/1997; 700+ words
; ...the Supreme Court pulled the plug on the death penalty, calling it unconstitutional. At the time, there was an implied ban on the death sentence. No one had been executed since...loaded, the court said. Existing American death-penalty laws were unfair and inconsistent...
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Deaths more common in winter.
M2 Presswire; 11/14/2002; 676 words
; ...The report, Seasonality of Death, measured patterns of death to see how deaths vary by day, by month and...influenza and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome most commonly occurring...July and August. However, deaths among people aged 25-44...
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Deaths Resulting from Residential Fires and the Prevalence of Smoke Alarms - United States, 1991-1995.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 10/2/1998; 700+ words
; ...the United States. Deaths from residential fires...as residence on the death certificate. The 1995...of fire-related deaths occur in the home...reduction in fire-related deaths. To reduce the risk for death or injury resulting...
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Deaths associated with Hurricanes Marilyn and Opal - United States, September-October 1995.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 1/19/1996; 700+ words
; ...location, cause of death, and other circumstances...CS reported 10 deaths that were related...Eight of the deaths, including the second death in Puerto Rico...boat-related deaths; head trauma was...the cause of one death. A 107-year...
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Unregistered Deaths Among Extremely Low Birthweight Infants - Ohio, 2006
Magazine article from: MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 10/26/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...transferred, or deceased). Deaths among infants that...hospitals but for which no death records were found...considered unregistered deaths. Selected characteristics...had registered deaths, and 129 (40%) had no death records on file. Of...
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Deaths from oral cavity and pharyngeal cancer - United States, 1987.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 7/13/1990; 700+ words
; ...75 years with 35.9 deaths per 100,000 males and 16.1 deaths per 100,000 females. In comparison, the death rates for blacks peaked...data record for all deaths processed by NCHS...demographic data for a death [1]. References...
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Deaths from cysticercosis, United States.(RESEARCH)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 2/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...cysticercosis-related deaths in the United States...birth, and year of death. A total of 221 cysticercosis deaths were identified. Mortality...equal to] 60% of all deaths. Although uncommon...cause of premature death in the United States...
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Death by drug overdose: impact on families ([dagger]).(Short Communication)
Magazine article from: Journal of Psychoactive Drugs; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...more devastating in the case of death by overdose. It is an abrupt...mourning. Moreover, after the death of the user, other deaths (mainly the parents') frequently...Stanton & Todd 1988). Death has been a universal fear since...
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Deaths associated with pregnancy outcome: a record linkage study of low income women *.
Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal; 8/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...the year before their deaths. The Stakes studies...remarkable variations in death rates relative to pregnancy...by DHS to California death certificates between...identification of 1,713 deaths. A file containing cause of death, date of death, and...
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Deaths in cradles haunt families Concerns raised on design, testing
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/4/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...wake of their son's death makes it even harder...informed of the initial deaths. And they have learned...refused to say how many deaths have been linked to the...in connection with 10 deaths that occurred in Converta...City pathologist to say death was caused by positional...
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Death and Dying
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
...fear. Our reactions to death often depend on how someone...easily understood are deaths at an old age, when...violence all can cause early death. Sometimes people...have to face their own deaths. They may have a terminal...eventually will cause death. Psychologists and physicians...
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Death and Psychoanalysis
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
DEATH AND PSYCHOANALYSIS Our own death cannot be represented, which is obvious since it would require a self-observing consciousness that disappears with death and therefore cannot perceive the death. Any anticipation of our...
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Death Certificate
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
...declares a person is dead. Death certificates serve two...them for non-natural deaths to trained officials who...for fetal or stillborn deaths. All but two states require a death certificate for fetal deaths. However, the majority...
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Death Education
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
Death Education The term death education refers to a variety of educational activities and experiences related to death and embraces such core topics as meanings and attitudes toward death...
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Death Anxiety
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging
...of related negative reactions to death. These reactions include elements...they can be focused on different death-related issues. For instance...regarding anxiety about one's own death or the deaths of others, reactions to a painful...
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