(From THE BUDDHA AND HIS TEACHINGS by Venerable Narada Mahathera) Who has alone one aeon lived Would make a mountain’s height — So said the mighty seer.” — ITIVUT’TAKA Kamma, Kamma Nimitta, or Gati Nimitta. By Kamma is here meant some good or bad act done during his lifetime or immediately before his dying moment. It is a good or bad thought. If the dying person had committed one of the five heinous crimes (Garuka Kamma) such as parricide etc. or developed the Jhānas (Ecstasies), he would experience such a Kamma before his death. These are so powerful that they totally eclipse ...