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| {{terms|"Krishna"|"Krsna"|"Narayana"|"at the time of death"|"back to Godhead"}} | | {{terms|"Krsna"|"Narayana"|"Visnu"|"at the time of death"|"back to Godhead"|"back to home"}} |
| {{notes|VedaBase query: "krishna time death back"/20 or "narayan* time death back"/20 or "krsna time death back"/30}} | | {{notes|VedaBase query: "narayan* time death back"/20 or "krsna time death back"/30 or "visnu time death back"/20}} |
| {{compiler|Alakananda}} | | {{compiler|Alakananda}} |
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| {{first|16Feb11}} | | {{first|16Feb11}} |
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| {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=3|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=1|Let=0}} | | {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=4|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=1|Let=0}} |
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| [[Category:If One]] | | [[Category:If One|2]] |
| [[Category:Remember Krsna]] | | [[Category:Remembering Krsna at the Time of Death|2]] |
| [[Category:Narayana]] | | [[Category:Krsna Is Lord Narayana|2]] |
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| [[Category:One Is]] | | [[Category:Certainly|2]] |
| [[Category:Certainly]] | | [[Category:Eligible|2]] |
| [[Category:Eligible]] | | [[Category:Return|2]] |
| [[Category:Return]] | | [[Category:Immediately|2]] |
| [[Category:Immediately]] | | [[Category:Home|2]] |
| [[Category:Home]] | | [[Category:Back to Godhead|2]] |
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| <div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2> | | <div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2> |
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| :sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ | | :sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ |
| :samyag vyavasito hi saḥ | | :samyag vyavasito hi saḥ |
| <p>"Even if one commits the most abominable actions, if he is engaged in devotional service he is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated." ([[Vanisource:BG 9.30|BG 9.30]]) The only purpose of life is to be fully absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa and His form, pastimes, activities and qualities. If one is able to think of Kṛṣṇa in this way, twenty-four hours a day, he is already liberated (svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 2.10.6|SB 2.10.6]])). Whereas materialists are absorbed in material thoughts and activities, devotees, on the contrary, are always absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's activities. Therefore they are already on the platform of liberation. One has to think of Kṛṣṇa with full absorption at the time of death. Then he will certainly return home, back to Godhead, without a doubt.</p> | | <p>"Even if one commits the most abominable actions, if he is engaged in devotional service he is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated." ([[Vanisource:BG 9.30 (1972)|BG 9.30]]) The only purpose of life is to be fully absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa and His form, pastimes, activities and qualities. If one is able to think of Kṛṣṇa in this way, twenty-four hours a day, he is already liberated (svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 2.10.6|SB 2.10.6]])). Whereas materialists are absorbed in material thoughts and activities, devotees, on the contrary, are always absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's activities. Therefore they are already on the platform of liberation. One has to think of Kṛṣṇa with full absorption at the time of death. Then he will certainly return home, back to Godhead, without a doubt.</p> |
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| :yāti nāsty atra saṁśayaḥ | | :yāti nāsty atra saṁśayaḥ |
| <p>If one remembers Kṛṣṇa, Nārāyaṇa, at the time of death, one is certainly eligible to return immediately home, back to Godhead.</p> | | <p>If one remembers Kṛṣṇa, Nārāyaṇa, at the time of death, one is certainly eligible to return immediately home, back to Godhead.</p> |
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| | <div id="SB_Canto_7" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 7"><h3>SB Canto 7</h3> |
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| | <div id="SB71039_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="451" link="SB 7.10.39" link_text="SB 7.10.39"> |
| | <div class="heading">We may conclude that if one practices thinking of Viṣṇu and is fully absorbed in thinking of Him at the time of death, one returns home, back to Godhead. |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.10.39|SB 7.10.39, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Not only Śiśupāla and Dantavakra but also many, many other kings who acted as enemies of Kṛṣṇa attained salvation at the time of death. Because they thought of the Lord, they received spiritual bodies and forms the same as His, just as worms captured by a black drone obtain the same type of body as the drone.</p> |
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| | <div class="purport text"><p>The mystery of yogic meditation is explained here. Real yogīs always meditate on the form of Viṣṇu within their hearts. Consequently, at the time of death they give up their bodies while thinking of the form of Viṣṇu and thus attain Viṣṇuloka, Vaikuṇṭhaloka, where they receive bodily features the same as those of the Lord. From the Sixth Canto we have already learned that when the Viṣṇudūtas came from Vaikuṇṭha to deliver Ajāmila, they looked exactly like Viṣṇu, with four hands and the same features as Viṣṇu. Therefore, we may conclude that if one practices thinking of Viṣṇu and is fully absorbed in thinking of Him at the time of death, one returns home, back to Godhead. Even enemies of Kṛṣṇa who thought of Kṛṣṇa in fear (bhaya), such as King Kaṁsa, received bodies in a spiritual identity similar to that of the Lord.</p> |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Evening Darsan -- August 10, 1976, Tehran|Evening Darsan -- August 10, 1976, Tehran]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Ali: During this transformation, are we still ignorant? During this transformation from body to body.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Evening Darsan -- August 10, 1976, Tehran|Evening Darsan -- August 10, 1976, Tehran]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Ali: During this transformation, are we still ignorant? During this transformation from body to body.</p> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: No, he's not ignorant. This body, next body is achieved according to the consciousness. At the time of, if you are thinking of something to which you are very much attached, then you get that similar body. If you are thinking of your pet dog, then you get the dog's body. And if you are thinking of Kṛṣṇa, God, then you'll get the body like Kṛṣṇa. That will be decided at the time of your death. Because at the time of death you'll be absorbed with thinking which you have done throughout the whole life. Sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 8.6|BG 8.6]]). Just like the whole day you are working with some business, at night also dreaming that, subtle body. So you have to train up yourself within this life how to think of Kṛṣṇa. Then there is chance of thinking of Kṛṣṇa at the time of death and go back to home. It is not difficult. Very easy.</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: No, he's not ignorant. This body, next body is achieved according to the consciousness. At the time of, if you are thinking of something to which you are very much attached, then you get that similar body. If you are thinking of your pet dog, then you get the dog's body. And if you are thinking of Kṛṣṇa, God, then you'll get the body like Kṛṣṇa. That will be decided at the time of your death. Because at the time of death you'll be absorbed with thinking which you have done throughout the whole life. Sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 8.6 (1972)|BG 8.6]]). Just like the whole day you are working with some business, at night also dreaming that, subtle body. So you have to train up yourself within this life how to think of Kṛṣṇa. Then there is chance of thinking of Kṛṣṇa at the time of death and go back to home. It is not difficult. Very easy.</p> |
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