People call God home, but why doesn't anyone like God going home?

- Guftego - Dr. Chandrakant Mehta

- * In the words of poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, 'What will happen if you don't go beyond that?' It is a powerful cause for fear of death. In the words of Akbar Allahabadi, 'Marne se mafar (escape) is not

* People call God home, but why doesn't anyone like going to God's house?

* Naishadh Derashree, 30 Nalanda Society, T.B. Opposite Hospital, Jamnagar (Saurashtra)

Man worships God in two ways. Formlessly and materially. One is the path of knowledge and the other is the path of devotion. Those who follow the path of devotion and serve God directly are considered to be virtuous devotees. They pay homage to God in gods and goddesses, incarnations, personalities and perform humble and devotional worship to please God by worshiping God through worship-prayer service, fasting, fasting etc. Nirgunavadis focus on the unexpressed Nirvish Brahman. Sagunavadis are tempted to see the proximity of God in the days of the advent of gods and goddesses by throwing an idol of God in an outside temple in their home temple.

In the twelfth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita called Bhakti Yoga, Arjuna is shown asking Lord Krishna a question which is to be considered more Siddha by those who are constantly engaged in your devotional service and those who worship the unexpressed Nirvishesh Brahman. The Bhagavad Gita ઃ in its original form ઃ is discussed in detail by Swami Prabhupada. Giving the correct answer, Lord Krishna says: The human beings who stabilize their minds in the form of me and remain devout in worshiping me with utmost devotion are the supreme siddhas in my view. At such prices, people regularly go to the temple of the house or the temple of the gods and goddesses. He is pleased to see the embodiment of God in the idol. Seeing God in the soul is the best ideal. The method of Gyan Yoga leads man towards the same goal in the end though it is extremely arduous. While the path of Bhakti Yoga is easy to do in the direct service of Purna Purushottam Parmeshwar. Worship God through chanting. In the Puranas, the Lord, who is pleased with devotion, takes the devotee to Param Dham. God Himself rescues such devotees from the Bhavsagar waiting to rescue them. Lord Krishna also tells Arjuna that if you cannot fix your mind in me at an unwavering price, then you should follow the rituals of Bhakti Yoga. And in that way express your desire to settle me. Bhakti Yoga is ultimately an attempt to purify the senses. Serving God, the life-giver of love, gives him peace of mind. Giving another option to Arjuna, Lord Krishna also says that if you are unable to do karma in my spirit, then you should be engaged in acquiring knowledge.

Man has to manifest divinity in himself and become the benefactor of God, the Almighty. That is why even those who do not believe in God engage in the worship of their beloved for salvation.

Material devotion alone does not make one deserving of God. Explaining what kind of devotee God likes, it is said in the Bhagavad Gita that a human being who does not hate anyone, but is a kind friend of the living being, who does not consider himself a lord and is free from false ego, who is equal in happiness and sorrow, who is tolerant. , Is always satisfied, is self-restrained and remains steadfast in devotion to God by stabilizing the mind and intellect - such a devotee is dear to God.

According to the scriptures, a human being has to be born according to karma and die at the end of a karma period. The scriptures explain that the soul is indestructible, that is, the soul does not die or be born, death happens to the body, but after birth man becomes very attached to the senses and material riches and indulges in such material things and lusts that the world Don't like to leave. Such stupidity, ignorance and ignorance of the mind inspires him to sink into worldly happiness. The idea of ​​one's own misdeeds also frightens man into becoming a traveler on the path to the home, i.e. the afterlife. What will be the result of the Rajoguna and Tamo Guna in it, the punishment of hell or the happiness of heaven is stuck in the dilemma. He cannot accept the fact that death is a blessing. In the fifteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, describing what the Param Dham of God is like, it is said that the self-illuminated Parampadanen, which neither man nor God returns to the world after receiving God, can illuminate the sun, nor the moon or the fire, is my Param Dham. Man is afraid of death because God sent him to live on earth as his only begotten Son, but man forgets God's unwritten promise. Man finds the meaning of life in worldly relationships and happiness and is frightened by the idea of ​​going home to God because of the mental cowardice of how death will snatch them all away and create a situation where he will respond to God. The state of ignorance and the foreshadowing of one's condition in an unknown place destroys one's peace of mind. Francis Beck has rightly said that man is afraid of death just as a child is afraid of going into darkness. It is the craving of the victim that increases the attachment to life. No traveler can stay in the inn forever. The world is an inn, the day to empty it is death. There is no excuse for death. Some living beings are also worried about whether they will get the kind of literature that man gets in the world in the afterlife. In the words of poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, 'Us par na jaane kya hoga' is a strong reason for the fear of human death. As Akbar Allahabadi says -

There is no escape from death

When Akbar,

Bahetar yahi hai khushi se

Learn to die.