Unperturbed by Death

The pure devotee of the Lord is so advanced in his Krishna consciousness that he is completely undisturbed at the time of death. Because he is completely free from bodily identification, death for him is nothing more than going from one room into another room. In other words, it is not a traumatic, anxiety-ridden experience. It is simply another routine activity in the service of the Lord, that yesterday I was serving the Lord in that place, and now today I am serving the Lord in this place. While for the materialist death means the complete total destruction of all his plans, for the devotee death simply means that he continues with his service with the added benefit of better facilities.

In this connection there is the example of Parikshit Maharaja. According to the description in the Srimad Bhagavatam because he fully realized that he was separate from his body he did not notice when the snake-bird Taksaka approached him to kill him nor did he even see his dying body. In this way being fully absorbed in blissful Krishna consciousness he was completely unperturbed by his death. We also can be equally unperturbed by death, if we seriously adopt the principles of Krishna consciousness in our daily lives.

Maharaja Parikshit Being Bitten by the Snake-bird

Maharaja Parikshit Being Bitten by the Snake-bird

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: How Can Alaskans Be Vegetarians?

If I give the argument that Krishna says in the Bhagavad-Gita, "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.", someone might ask, "Then why are you eating grains and milk products as well?" How could I explain?

And also, I have been asked, "What should the people who live in Alaska do? How could they become vegetarian?

Your servant,

Anda

Answer: With 100 Pound Cabbages They Already Have Full Facility.

Botanically speaking grains are a type of dry fruit so they are included in this verse. And we know from Krishna's pastimes that He loves all varieties of milk products.

Alaska has a profuse growing season during the summer months. Even though it only lasts for 105 days, they have 24 hours of sunlight from June through August. Because of non-stop sunlight they get amazing vegetables such as 80 to 120 pound cabbages or zucchinis the size of baseball bats. Gardening is so popular in Alaska that in Anchorage, Alaska's biggest city encompassing more than half the state's half-million population--virtually everyone has big gardens. So an Alaskan vegetarian can easily grow enough vegetables for the entire year by preserving from the sunny growing season even to last him through the 260 days of the the cold season.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Giant Alaskan Cabbage

Giant Alaskan Cabbage

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