At night I am forgetting this body, and daytime I am forgetting my night body. So forgetfulness is not the basic principle of knowledge. The things as they are we have to study. That body we change, but we are, as living entity, we are existing. Na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre (BG 2.20). This is confirmed by authorities. Na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre. After destruction of this body, the soul is not destroyed. The soul continues. He accepts another body. Now, what sort of body we have to accept, that is responsibility.
- yānti deva-vratā devān
- pitṟn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ
- bhūtejyā yānti bhūtāni
- mad-yājino 'pi yānti mām
- (BG 9.25)
So about the next life, change of body, you can prepare yourself. Yānti deva-vratā devān: If you prepare your life to go to the higher planetary system, the moon planet, the Venus planet, and other—there are thousands and millions of planets—you can go. Yānti deva-vratā devān . . . it is clearly stated. Yānti deva-vratā devān pitṟn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ: "You can go to the Pitṛloka planets." Or bhūtejyā yānti bhūtāni: "If you want to remain here, you can remain." Mad-yājino 'pi yānti mām: "And if you like, you can come to Me." Everything is there.