It is only a phase of life. Life flows on ceaselessly. The fruit perishes, but the seed is full of life. The seed dies, but a huge tree grows out of the seed. The tree perishes, but it becomes coal which has a rich life.
Water disappears, but it becomes the invisible steam which contains the seed of a new life.
The stone disappears, but it becomes lime which is full of new life. The physical sheath only is thrown, but life persists. Dissolution of the body is no more than sleep. Just as man sleeps and wakes up, so is death and birth. Death is like sleep.