When one's life is in danger

Arunchandar Vasan arun at CS.UMD.EDU
Tue Sep 25 08:32:30 CDT 2001


> The gItA says that whatever one thinks of at the time of death, that alone
> is attained after death. (yaM yaM vApi smaranbhAvaM tyajatyante
> kalevaram.h| taM tamaiveti  kaunteya sadA tadbhAvabhAvitaH||) So the
> bhagavAn says that one who dies remembering Him verily attains Him
> alone.
Just a comment here:
The paramacharya of Kanchi says (from Deivathin Kural) that such
rememberance at the time when yama comes calling  will come only as the
result of punya karma done during the course of one's life and is not easy!

Arun

Arun Vasan
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