As we have seen it the discussion on the concept of life, Buddhism considers every moment in life of great importance, for it is the moment in which one constructs one's own destiny, More emphasis, however, is placed on the last moment in life, or the dying process, in which all the five aggregates of existence are disintegrating. For in Buddhist thought in this last moment the last stage of consciousness (cuti vinana) of one's life is passing away to give place to a new stage of consciousness (patisanthi vinana), which will form another life by its new association with the new aggregates of existence. Even if the character of the new life is affected by the whole previous life, the nature of the last conscious state still contributes significantly to the quality of the ensuing one. If it is wholesome (kusala), this will produce a wholesome inauguration of the new life. Similarly, if it is unwholesome (akusala), the ensuing new life will be unwholesomely inaugurated.