Death Before During and After

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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During. Before and After Death
During, Before and After Death
reincarnation, why do people cry when someone in the family passes away?
Dadashri: They cry for their own selfish reasons. The closest relatives cry genuinely, but the rest cry because they remember their own dead relatives. That is a wonder in itself! These people bring the past into the present. These Indian people are amazing! They know how to bring the past into the present.
By such intense grieving one will create karma that lead too much wandering in future lives. Let Not the Matter to be Contained in the Mind Leak
Out
Questioner: When Narsinh Mehta (a poet devotee of Lord Krishna) was given the news of his wife's death what did he mean when he said, "A beneficial event has occurred, the shackles of marital life have been broken:
on their eyes to show tears. Even an ordinary person would be discrete and not say things that would offend those who are around. For that matter even a person's worst enemy would maintain solemnity and respect. The Gnani never mourns, but he will play out his worldly role with sincerity. The world is a drama itself.' All you have to do is play the role. Perform this role with sincerity.
Does The Soul Wander For thirteen Days?
Questioner: It has been said that after death there is a rest house for thirteen days, where the soul rests. Is it true?
Dadashri: The Brahmins (Hindu priests) devised these thirteen days and the rest house. What do the dead have to do with it? The Brahmins call it a rest house. They say that the departed soul, sits on the rooftop of the house, the size of a thumb, and observes everything. What foolishness! What will it be observing? And people even believe this and so they do not perform the ritual ceremony of saravani till the thirteenth day after a person's death. (In the ritual of saravani - the family members buy a new bed on which they put new blankets, bed sheets, items of clothing, shoes, an umbrella, food etc., as an offering for the departed for his journey to the next life).
Questioner: It has been written in Garuda Purana (one of the 18 books in Hindu mythology) that the soul is only the size of a thumb.
Dadashri: Yes that is why it is called Garuda Purana! It is a long fabricated old story, which says the soul is the size of a thumb. It is no wonder that people make no progress! They never move ahead. In their rituals, the aim was scientific, but their thinking has been ruined. People carry out such rituals and before they do so, they give alms to the Brahmin priest who performs the
I can now devote all my time to the Lord in peace."
Dadashri: That statement was made on impulse. One should keep such profound awareness within the mind and not express it. It must not leak out in words. People, who openly say things, which are best kept within, are called whimsical or impulsive.
Discretion Of The Gnani Gnanis are not whimsical or impulsive; they are very wise. From within they may feel the same sense of relief as did Narsinh Mehta, but outwardly they will say that a terrible event has happened. They may even say, 'I am lost, what will I do? How will I live?' and will mourn the dead. They will perform their worldly role very convincingly. They will even dab a little water