When a patient's pulse and respiration stop, it is only the body which dies--the soul does not die, nor does it leave the body at this time. Before the soul has left the body, it remains in a conscious dying state, and is in extreme anguish, like a turtle being ripped from its shell.
人是身體與心靈和合而形成，當病人的呼吸脈搏停止時，壞死的只是肉體，心靈並沒有死，而且心靈也不是同時離開身體，在心靈尚未離去前，不但仍處於有知覺的彌留狀態，其心識的感受，正如生龜脫殼，是非常痛苦的。