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Birth and death cycle

Posted by OmNamo on December 18, 2015 at 1:16am in Soul

Hare Krishna.

I have a question regarding "Birth and Death cycle".

As per Srimad Bhagavad-Gita every human that has taken birth will die forsure and rebirth again.

where as in a hari naam sankirtan I learned that Krishan can free his devotees from this Dead and Birth cycle. Isin't this contradicting what's said in B.G ?

I might be overthinking but looking for some clarification regarding this.

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  • 3ruf705dlznca December 18, 2015 at 4:59pm
    SB 11.29.8 — The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Yes, I shall describe to you the principles of devotion to Me, by executing which a mortal human being will conquer unconquerable death.
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    Everybody who is born will die, but His devotees dont need to die if they dont desire to.
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    SB 11.20.32-33 — Everything that can be achieved by fruitive activities, penance, knowledge, detachment, mystic yoga, charity, religious duties and all other means of perfecting life is easily achieved by My devotee through loving service unto Me. If somehow or other My devotee desires promotion to heaven, liberation, or residence in My abode, he easily achieves such benedictions.
    SB 11.20.34 — Because My devotees possess saintly behavior and deep intelligence, they completely dedicate themselves to Me and do not desire anything besides Me. Indeed, even if I offer them liberation from birth and death, they do not accept it.
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    Anyway, devotees of Lord doesnt afraid to leave their material bodies any time, but others are always full of fear.
    That Srila Prabhupada nicely explained in a purport here :

                                                                     SB 3.26.16

                                                                                    Translation: 
    The influence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is felt in the time factor, which causes fear of death due to the false ego of the deluded soul who has contacted material nature.
                                                                                     Purport: 

    The living entity’s fear of death is due to his false ego of identifying with the body. Everyone is afraid of death. Actually there is no death for the spirit soul, but due to our absorption in the identification of body as self, the fear of death develops. It is also stated in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.2.37), bhayaṁ dvitīyābhiniveśataḥ syāt. Dvitīya refers to matter, which is beyond spirit. Matter is the secondary manifestation of spirit, for matter is produced from spirit. Just as the material elements described are caused by the Supreme Lord, or the Supreme Spirit, the body is also a product of the spirit soul. Therefore, the material body is called dvitīya, or “the second.” One who is absorbed in this second element or second exhibition of the spirit is afraid of death. When one is fully convinced that he is not his body, there is no question of fearing death, since the spirit soul does not die.

    If the spirit soul engages in the spiritual activities of devotional service, he is completely freed from the platform of birth and death. His next position is complete spiritual freedom from a material body. The fear of death is the action of the kāla, or the time factor, which represents the influence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In other words, time is destructive. Whatever is created is subject to destruction and dissolution, which is the action of time. Time is a representation of the Lord, and it reminds us also that we must surrender unto the Lord. The Lord speaks to every conditioned soul as time. He says in Bhagavad-gītā that if someone surrenders unto Him, then there is no longer any problem of birth and death. We should therefore accept the time factor as the Supreme Personality of Godhead standing before us. This is further explained in the following verse.

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    Radha Rasamayi DD December 18, 2015 at 2:05pm

    Hare Krsna Prabhuji,

    PAMHO.

    There is no contradiction. Whoever is born is sure to die ( I am sure I dont need to explain this) and scriptures say that whoever dies is sure to be born again.

    In Gita, Lord Krsna says that there is another world, where if one goes, one does not need to come back to this cycle of birth and death. He has given conditions - one who understands about His birth and activities and described briefly - there is no sun or moon or electricity there, taht is My supreme abode.

    It would be good if you read Gita from beginning to end.

    Haribol,

    Your servant,

    Radha Rasamayi DD

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