Life is the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic matter, characterized by growth, metabolism, response to stimuli, and reproduction.

On the path of knowledge, life is:

• An appearance in experience

• A process in the illusion

• Not the ultimate reality

• A temporary configuration of vibrations in memory

Existence itself is not alive or dead - it is beyond such categories. Life and death are appearances within it.

See also birth, death, survival.