Buddhist View on Death and Rebirth

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5. As there is no loss

only change, it is not farfetched to believe that the composition of our bodies will ultimately end up as the composition of another sentient being. I am not sure about the karmic applications attributed to rebirth. I do know that the more skillful I am in my present life, the less suffering I and others experience.

My understanding is that it will be many lifetimes (if this is indeed correct) before I will have to worry about not being rebirthed. So, I do not spend a lot of time concerning myself with this.

I do not remember any past lives, but I know the universe has been around for a very long time. I trust in the fact that I try to live a skillful life and use the precepts as they are a wonderful guideline in skillful living. I trust in the natural order of things whatever they may be.