2.1 What Should You Do When You're About to Die? | Bhagavata Podcast with Jayananda Dasa

About this episode

The episode discusses how the Bhagavatam addresses the question of what to do when facing death, contrasting it with contemporary views on living.

A well-known contemporary guru was asked, mid-event, how to prepare for death. He laughed — not dismissively, but his answer was: "You should be focusing on how to live." The Bhagavatam disagrees. And its answer turns out to be not about the future at all. Canto 2, Chapter 1 is where Shukadeva Goswami finally begins to speak. The first book of the Srimad Bhagavatam spent its entire length setting up one question: what should a person do who is about to die? Now, with Pariksit seated on the b...

People in this episode

Host: Jayananda Dasa

Topics covered

• death
• preparation for death
• Bhagavatam teachings
• spirituality
• living well

Keywords

• death preparation
• Bhagavatam
• spiritual teachings
• Shukadeva Goswami
• Pariksit

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Srimad Bhagavatam

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