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Poa is a Tibetan Buddhist word which refers to the transference of consciousness, especially the transference to the Buddha world after death.

Professor Pema Gyalpo, a Tibetan Buddhist scholar in Japan, says that poa is the act of sending the spirit of a person on his deathbed to the Pure Land.

"One concept in Tantra Vajrayana is that referred to by Asahara as poa, in which the spirits of the dead are transferred to a higher status through secret rites based on the power of the guru. The absolutization of this power can give rise to the perverted logic that if a person of low spiritual status is murdered by one with gedatsu then the former person’s karma improves, making the murder a good deed. It would not be surprising if a notion of this type was secretly taught in Aum." SHIMAZONO Susumu^[1]

"Poa is a Tibetan meditative technique used near death to provide good karma in the cycle of reincarnation." Barry Cooper^[2]

"Poa is practiced chiefly by members of a sect of Tibetan Buddhism called Vajrayana, or “Diamond Vehicle.” According to the Vajrayana tradition, poa meditation transfers consciousness from the mundane world of existence to a transfigured world of post-existence. This meditation is undertaken with the intention of attaining a higher state of consciousness in the next rebirth." Barry Cooper ^[3]

1. ^ SHIMAZONO Susumu, In the Wake of Aum The Formation and Transformation of a Universe of Belief, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 1995 22/3–4 (This article, a condensed version of SHIMAZONO Susumu’s book Aum Shinrikyõ no kiseki (1995c), was translated from the Japanese by Robert Kisala.)
2. ^ Barry Cooper, University of Calgary, 'Jihadists' and the War on Terrorism
3. ^ Barry Cooper, Fraser Institute, Calgary Policy Research Centre, UNHOLY TERROR: The Origin and Significance of Contemporary, Religion-based Terrorism

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