Friends:

A friend asked: >who is it that lives these many lives?
 

It is not any Who… !!!
Since selfless is this flux of renewed becoming!
The Question should therefore be reformulated as:

Q: What is it that lives these many lives?
A: It is an accumulated dynamic group of:
1: Momentary clinging to form.
2: Momentary clinging to feeling.
3: Momentary clinging to perception.
4: Momentary clinging to mental construction.
5: Momentary clinging to consciousness.
That blinded by ignorance and obsessed by craving
lives through these many, many, painful lives & deaths!

What are the Five Primary Categories of Being in existence?
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_are_the_5_Clusters_of_Clinging.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_5_Clusters_of_Clinging.htm
 

For details on The 5 Clusters of Clinging: Khanda see:
The Definition  http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_are_the_5_Clusters_of_Clinging.htm
~ as acquisition of fuel Acquisition of Fuel http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Acquisition_of_Fuel.htm
~ as changing, painful & non-self Any Kind http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Any_Kind.htm
~ as ownerless Not Yours http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Not_Yours.htm
~ as binding The Leash http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Leash.htm
~ as transient Fingernail of Soil http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Fingernail_of_Soil.htm