maintaining right mindfulness at the moment of death
Buddhist term; a yojijukugo referring to the ideal state of calm, focused awareness as one dies, often associated with Pure Land practices.
Maintaining right mindfulness at the moment of death is one of the important teachings of the Pure Land sect.
A yojijukugo composed of 臨終 (rinjū, 'moment of death') and 正念 (shōnen, 'right mindfulness'), a Buddhist concept. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with Pure Land Buddhist deathbed practices.