For those who pride themselves on being modern, beliefs and expectations of this sort are inconceivable. Yet for the Tibetans one's past lives and current life are representative of the eternal cycle of life. One life ends in preparation for the life to come. Confronting death is the same thing as confronting the start of a life.
對於自詡現代的人們來說，如此的意志與期待是非常不可思議的，然而對藏人而言，前世今生象徵生命的循環不息，生命的結束是為迎接來世而準備，面對死亡即是面對生命的開始，一切有如圍繞著「岡仁布欽」的神祇般永世生生不息。