SOCY1097 Lecture : Interpretive Paragraphs for Death 3
28 Mar 2014
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Chapter eight of the bhagavad gita explains, in short, how a person should die. Krsna tells arjuna that when a person is near death he should hold me in memory, and fight! At the moment of death, one should be disciplined with an unwavering mind (8. 10 and should call forth all he has learned from his devotion and yoga. In doing this, krsna says that this person will be rewarded. He will go to krsna and never experience rebirth (8. 15). Buddhists believe that after one dies, if he is not one with the. Brahman, he will be reborn again in a different body depending on whether or not his karma is good or bad. This never ending chain of rebirths is seen as bondage and misery to buddhists. They strive to achieve this, moksha, or freedom from samsara (rebirth) that krsna talks of when he describes to arjuna how to die.
