Elevation at Death

Elevation at Death

There are different kinds of transcendentalists who are called yogīs – haṭha-yogīs, jñāna-yogīs, dhyāna-yogīs, and bhakti-yogīs – and all of them are eligible to be transferred to the spiritual world. The word yoga means “to link up,” and...
We Are Not These Bodies

We Are Not These Bodies

dehī nityam avadhyo ’yaṁdehe sarvasya bhāratatasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtānina tvaṁ śocitum arhasi “O descendant of Bharata, he who dwells in the body is eternal and can never be slain. Therefore you need not grieve for any creature.” (Gītā 2.30) The very first step...
Aim of Human Life

Aim of Human Life

Seeing the Aim of Human Life “According to Vedic civilization, the perfection of life is to realize one’s relationship with Kṛṣṇa, or God.… All living entities are parts and parcels of God. The parts are meant for serving the whole, just as the legs, hands,...