Hare Krishna dear Devotees, my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Yes, as Mataji told what about we think whole life that thing we will remember at the time of death.
And interestingly i had experienced that in my life before i joined Krishna Consciousness.
...days were there when i wanted to give exam to the best school in our country and study there. I prepared myself for that for almost 3-4 years studying so many books...And my only meditation would be to be at that school and to study there. In my words i used to say "oh it would be so nice if i was admitted to that school."
"oh how it would be nice" ...
when even i sit for eating, sleeping the same desire...
so exam date came. I gave exam and i passed.
Goal was achieved. But there were two month left for studies; we were in summer vacations.
Once we went as usually to the river for swimming with my village friends and siblings. One of my cousin sister was huge and she could not swim. So she told me to take her to the other side of the river. I agreed.
I was taking her deeper and deeper and when her legs did not touch the ground she started to panic.
She caught my shoulders and stood on me. I left inside the water. I wanted to come out but her weight was too heavy for me. So really started to feel that i am dying. No mater how much i tried for at least for a second to pull out my head for breathing i could not.
Suddenly i stopped feeling pain. And opened my eyes inside the water and saw the SUN and told within my mind:
"oh my God, just now i achieved my goal. For so long i was yearning for that and i achieved that but why now this is happening that i have to leave this body?"
After some time something happened and i found myself in the shore.
Saw my elder sister blinking her eyes to me and smile of relief in her face and with her heart she told "thank God you are alive"
She pushed me to the shore taking my cousin sister away and saw that i was alive she was filled with gratitude. She told that i was like a tomato - fully red...
So in this way, later when i read Bhagavad Gita i remembered that experience and my faith into this Book increased.
At the time of death, whatever consciousness we have developed all through our life comes forward as the dying thought. Whatever is our thought and depending on what we deserve and desire, we get the next body accordingly. Therefore, we should do sadhana all through our lives and try to "kirtaniya sada hari", so that we are in the habit of chanting the holy names of the lord and that is all we remember. Then we can easily go back home, back to godhead.
Bhakti Vighna vinashak Nrisimha dev bhagwan ki jai,
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Hare Krishna dear Devotees, my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Yes, as Mataji told what about we think whole life that thing we will remember at the time of death.
And interestingly i had experienced that in my life before i joined Krishna Consciousness.
...days were there when i wanted to give exam to the best school in our country and study there. I prepared myself for that for almost 3-4 years studying so many books...And my only meditation would be to be at that school and to study there. In my words i used to say "oh it would be so nice if i was admitted to that school."
"oh how it would be nice" ...
when even i sit for eating, sleeping the same desire...
so exam date came. I gave exam and i passed.
Goal was achieved. But there were two month left for studies; we were in summer vacations.
Once we went as usually to the river for swimming with my village friends and siblings. One of my cousin sister was huge and she could not swim. So she told me to take her to the other side of the river. I agreed.
I was taking her deeper and deeper and when her legs did not touch the ground she started to panic.
She caught my shoulders and stood on me. I left inside the water. I wanted to come out but her weight was too heavy for me. So really started to feel that i am dying. No mater how much i tried for at least for a second to pull out my head for breathing i could not.
Suddenly i stopped feeling pain. And opened my eyes inside the water and saw the SUN and told within my mind:
"oh my God, just now i achieved my goal. For so long i was yearning for that and i achieved that but why now this is happening that i have to leave this body?"
After some time something happened and i found myself in the shore.
Saw my elder sister blinking her eyes to me and smile of relief in her face and with her heart she told "thank God you are alive"
She pushed me to the shore taking my cousin sister away and saw that i was alive she was filled with gratitude. She told that i was like a tomato - fully red...
So in this way, later when i read Bhagavad Gita i remembered that experience and my faith into this Book increased.
Your servant,
Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
Jai Nrisimha!!!!
At the time of death, whatever consciousness we have developed all through our life comes forward as the dying thought. Whatever is our thought and depending on what we deserve and desire, we get the next body accordingly. Therefore, we should do sadhana all through our lives and try to "kirtaniya sada hari", so that we are in the habit of chanting the holy names of the lord and that is all we remember. Then we can easily go back home, back to godhead.
Bhakti Vighna vinashak Nrisimha dev bhagwan ki jai,
Haribol,
YOur servant,
Rashmi