HOW SHOULD WE DIE?
HOW SHOULD WE DIE? (According to a famous story Ajamil who was a sinful person remembered God at the time of death. The gods servents then drove away the servents of Yamraj who had come to take his soul) Bhagwad Geeta and all the Vedic literatures suggest us to come out of the cycle of birth and death. One who escapes this cycle attains The Supreme. Death is said to be an examination for everybody. It is a test whose date is not announced but is certain to take place. Bhagwad Geeta 8.5 to 8.15 gives certain guidelines to pass this examination. Bg 8.5 — And whoever, at the end of his life, quits his body remembering Me alone at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt. Bg 8.6 — Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, O son of Kuntī, that state he will attain without fail. The state of mind at the time of quilting the body decides our (soul’s) next destination. Lord explains TWO methods of attaining...