Category:Remembering Krsna at the Time of Death
Theme Analysis
This article addresses the ultimate importance of Remembering Kṛṣṇa at the Time of Death (ante nārāyaṇa smṛtiḥ). Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that this is the final examination and the single most critical factor determining the soul's next destination. By quitting the body while thinking of Kṛṣṇa, the living entity is guaranteed immediate transfer to the spiritual world, Goloka Vṛndāvana. Such success is not a sudden accident but the inevitable result of dedicated Kṛṣṇa consciousness practiced throughout one's life—specifically through constant chanting and hearing of the Holy Name, which trains the mind to fix on the Lord even when the body fails.
- The Ultimate Test: The time of death is the crucial moment where one's lifelong consciousness is tested; whatever one remembers, one attains (yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ).
- Guaranteed Success: Remembering Kṛṣṇa, Nārāyaṇa, or Rāma at the point of death ensures the immediate achievement of the transcendental result: going back home, back to Godhead.
- The Necessity of Practice: Success requires rigorous training and practice of bhakti-yoga in a healthy condition, specifically by constantly chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, which trains the mind to be absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- Kṛṣṇa's Mercy: Kṛṣṇa personally helps the sincere devotee remember Him at the critical moment, even if the mind may be flickering due to physical distress.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Remembering Kṛṣṇa at the Time of Death.
Pages in category "Remembering Krsna at the Time of Death"
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- A dying person, at the time of death, if he remembers the form of Krsna and while remembering in that way, if he quits the present body, then surely he approaches the spiritual kingdom
- A person who at the end of his life quits his body thinking of Krsna attains the transcendental nature of the Supreme Lord
- A person who at the end of his life quits his body thinking of Krsna attains the transcendental nature of the Supreme Lord, but it is not true that a person who thinks of something other than Krsna attains the same transcendental state
- Always remembering Krsna. Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare. Then it may be possible that at the time of death you remember Krsna and your life is successful
- And whoever, at the end of his life, quits his body remembering Me (Krsna) alone at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt
- And whoever, at the time of death, quits his body, remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt. BG 8.5 - 1972
- At the time of death the mother asked the son (one of my students, Karttikeya), "Where is your Krsna? He is here? And she immediately, she died. That means at the time of death she remembered Krsna, and immediately she was delivered
- At the time of death we have to think very rightly. That is required. That is human life. You have to train yourself in such a way that at the time of death you think of Krsna
- At the time of death, if you remember Krsna, then your life is successful
- At the time of death, somehow or other, if you can remember Narayana, Krsna, your life is successful. Therefore, practice, practice, while you are strong, while you are in good life, practice how to remember Narayana, Krsna, always
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- I (King Kulashekara) pray only that at the point of death I may remember Your (Krsna's) two lotus feet, whose beauty defies that of the lotus growing in the Sarat season
- If at the time of death one can remember Krsna, one's life is successful
- If he (Arjuna) doesn't practice remembering Krsna while he is struggling for existence, then it will not be possible for him to remember Krsna at the time of death. BG 1972 Introduction
- If one can chant and hear Hare Krsna and always remember Lord Krsna, then he is sure to become fearless of death, which may come at any moment
- If one can think of Krsna at the time of death, he can be transferred to the spiritual world, Goloka Vrndavana
- If one somehow or other remembers the holy name of Narayana, Krsna or Rama at the end of life, he immediately achieves the transcendental result of going back home, back to Godhead
- If one thinks of his wife instead of Krsna at the time of death, he will certainly not return home, back to Godhead, but will be forced to accept the body of a woman and thus begin another chapter of material existence
- If the yogi, at the time of death, can pronounce om, the concise form of transcendental vibration, and at the same time mam anusmaran, remember Krsna, Visnu, he will attain perfection
- If we are practiced to think of Krsna always, naturally, at the time of death, at the time of end of this body, if we are so fortunate to think of Krsna, His form, then we become materially free, no more this material body
- If we are serious of being transferred to the place where Krsna is, then we have to train up the mind so nicely that at the time of death I can remember Krsna
- If we practice Krsna consciousness in this present body while in a healthy condition and in good mind, simply by chanting the holy maha-mantra, Hare Krsna, we will have every possibility of fixing the mind upon Krsna at the time of death
- If we transfer our reading capacity for these Vedic literatures, as very kindly presented by Vyasadeva, then it is quite possible for us to remember at the time of death the Supreme Lord
- If you practice devotional service, then at the time of death there is great possibility of understanding or remembering Krsna
- If you think of Krsna, how to serve Him, that is your perfection of life. Because you'll think at the time of death of Krsna
- If you very much affectionate to your dog or something else, you will think at that time. Therefore practice Hare Krsna, so that at the time of death you can think of Krsna and your life is successful
- In the Eighth Chapter it was said that anyone who thinks of Krsna at the time of quitting his body is at once transferred to the spiritual sky, to the abode of Krsna
- Isvara Puri was always chanting the holy name and pastimes of Lord Krsna for Madhavendra Puri to hear. In this way he helped Madhavendra Puri remember the holy name and pastimes of Lord Krsna at the time of death
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- Krsna can revive one's original identity at the time of one's death, even though the mind may be flickering. Although the mind may work imperfectly at the time of death, Krsna gives a devotee shelter at His lotus feet
- Kulasekhara said, "My only prayer is that at the time of my death I may simply remember Your (Krsna's) two beautiful feet, which are just like lotus flowers fructifying during the autumn season"
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- On the other hand, if one can think of Krsna at the time of death, he can be transferred to the spiritual world, Goloka Vrndavana
- One has to think of Krsna with full absorption at the time of death. Then he will certainly return home, back to Godhead, without a doubt
- One who is always absorbed in Krsna consciousness, and if by fortune at the time of death he thinks of Krsna, he is at once transferred within a second
- One who thinks of Krsna at the time of his death goes to Krsna. BG 1972 Introduction
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- The bhakti-yogi always thinks of Krsna, and therefore at the time of death he can very easily transfer himself to Krsnaloka, without even perceiving the pains of death
- The Lord tells Arjuna that if he doesn't practice remembering Krsna while he is struggling for existence, then it will not be possible for him to remember Krsna at the time of death
- The practice of devotional service means so that we may be so accustomed to chanting Hare Krsna mantra that at the time of death we may remember it. Not like parrot
- The process of changing one's nature at the critical moment of death is here explained. A person who at the end of his life quits his body thinking of Krsna attains the transcendental nature of the Supreme Lord
- Then again in the Eighth Chapter it was said that anyone who thinks of Krsna at the time of quitting his body is at once transferred to the spiritual sky, to the abode of Krsna
- This Hare Krsna movement, this Krsna consciousness movement, is simply educating people so that at the time of death one can remember Krsna. That's all
- This human life should be trained that at the time of death you can remember Krsna, "Krsna, now You can judge what I have done for You, & what You have done for me." If you have worked whole life for Krsna, Krsna is not ungrateful. He'll give you
- This Krsna consciousness movement means we are leading person to make the mind absorbed in Krsna consciousness. Then there is chance of remembering Krsna at the time of death
- Those who are practicing Krsna consciousness know that their examination will be held at the time of death. If one can remember Krsna at death, he is immediately transferred to Goloka Vrndavana
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- We have to practice in this way, that when all functions of this body will be stopped at the time of death, oh, we shall remember some way or other, Krsna. Then successful
- When Grandfather Bhisma was lying at the point of death on the bed of arrows, Krsna was present before him, and Bhisma was remembering how Krsna had been kind to him on the battlefield
- When the Lord says that at the time of death whoever thinks of Him as Brahman or Paramatma or as the Personality of Godhead certainly enters into the spiritual sky, there is no doubt about it. There is no question of disbelieving it. BG 1972 Introduction