the manner of a sentient being's death indicates the world in which it will be reborn. A common one is that in the Verses on the Structure of the Eight Consciousnesses (八識規矩補註), which reads: "in those to be reborn as saints the last part to retain bodily heat is the top of the head, in those to be reborn devas it is the eyes, while in the case of the human realm it is the heart, that of the hungry ghosts, the belly, that of animals, the knee caps, and lastly, in that of the hell realm, the soles of the feet." The Tibetan Buddhist text Bardo Thodol describes further on the experiences proper to these realms. In yogic practice Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Chögyal Namkai Norbu Rinpoche have published literature teaching a "Practice of the Six Lokas" designed to "purify the karmic traces that lead to rebirth in the different realms," wherein the six lokas are also cognate with the principal six chakra system of Vajrayana. See also Jāti: Forms of birth Om mani padme hum Shurangama Mantra—Extensive tantric prayers for the suffering beings of the Six Realms References External links Wheel of Life 催眠师刘晴晴_天涯社区 因缘果报 鳳微閣 Buddhist cosmology Buddhist philosophical concepts