Time of Death

At the time of death attitudes of long familiarity usually take precedence
and direct the rebirth.

For this same reason, strong attachment is generated for the self,
since one fears that one’s self is becoming nonexistent.

This attachment serves as the connecting link,
to the intermediate state between lives,
the liking for a body in turn acts as a cause establishing the body of the intermediate (bardo) being.


The XIV Dalai Lama