therefore, reborn as the result of his own unsatisfied yearning for
objective existence. Col. Olcott puts it in this way:

Q. 123. What is that, in man, which gives him the impression of
having a permanent individuality?

A. Tanha, or the unsatisfied desire for existence. The being having
done that for which he must be rewarded or punished in future, and
having Tanha, will have a rebirth through the influence of Karma.

Q. 124. ....What is it that is reborn?

A. A new aggregation of Skandhas, or individuality, caused by the last
yearning of the dying person.

Q. 128. To what cause must we attribute the differences in the
combination of the Five Skandhas has which makes every individual
different from every other individual?

A. To the Karma of the individual in the next preceding birth.

Q. 129. What is the force or energy that is at work, under the
guidance of Karma, to produce the new being?

A. Tanha--the "Will to Live."
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When these are once mastered, the opportunities to use them will arrive,
for there comes a moment when further watch and exertion are no longer
needed:--the moment when the turning-point is safely passed. For the