What is life-continuum?

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life-continuum is Bhavanga-citta. It's the filler thought moment/moments between every 2 thoughts/experiences. It keeps you from dying when the senses cannot provide an object to the mind. When you are in dreamless sleep, your mind mostly has Bhavanga-cittas.

It's the first thought moment in your life and the last thought moment of the previous life. It is a resultant thought moment, thus Karmicly neutral. For humans and above, it's always a result of good Karma. For hell-beings, it's a result of bad Karma.

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Life-continuum is the same kamma's fruit of one's first born mind. The life-continuum arisen by kamma to keep the fruit go on the kamma's way, such as a human birth living in a human based mind and body, or a animal birth living in a animal based mind and body.

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