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When suicide loss meets Buddhist teachings about consciousness after death

My sister died by suicide three months ago and I keep wondering if her consciousness continues and Buddhist teachings about rebirth feel both like hope and torture.

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Grief seeks both meaning and release from meaning, with uncertainty becoming another form of love's expression.

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