Keep the Teachings Pure

Transcendental knowledge originates with Krishna, the original spiritual master, and has been carefully passed down throughout the ages from the spiritual master to his disciple, who then becomes a spiritual master and passes the knowledge on to his disciples, etc, etc. If anyone along the chain does not transmit the knowledge purely, the chain of disciplic succession is broken, and the knowledge is lost to that line of succession. Therefore it is the duty of all those who receive transcendental knowledge from a bona fide spiritual master to purely pass it on to those who are willing and eager to hear it. Maintaining the pure teachings as they have descended without blemish from Krishna through the disciplic succession is the greatest welfare work that one can render for the deliverance of the human society from all varieties of suffering conditions.

Srimad Bhagavatam Class--Punjabi Bagh, India 13 November 2011

Sankarshan Das giving Srimad Bhagavatam Class--Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi

Sankarshan Das giving Srimad Bhagavatam Class--Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: Why is Death Life's Most Critical Moment?

Dear Gurudeva,
Namaste. I would like to humbly ask the following questions:

What makes the moment of death the most critical time in one's life? Is it the moment of critical change for a person, a change for the better or worse in one's continuing evolution?

Yours in yoga

Janardan Mali

Answer: Everything is Tested at the Time of Death.

The time of death is the time of transition when one either passes into another material body or attains his original spiritual form. This depends on his state of consciousness at the time of leaving his body. Death can be compared the final exam in a university course. If you pass the exam, you graduate. If you fail the exam, you have to repeat the course. Failing to remember Krishna at the time of death means having to take another material body and again suffer birth, death, old age, and disease. And remembering Krishna means to attain an eternal existence, full of knowledge, and full of bliss in the transcendental spiritual sky.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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