India, April 16 -- Let us first understand what death actually is. Death is when a soul leaves its material body. Lord Krishna describes death in the Bhagavad Gita as a change of body in its eternal journey (2.13). Just as childhood, youth, and old age are changes in the body of a soul, death is a similar change. Devotees of God accept this as a positive change because they attain promotion. Such promotion is of three kinds. The first is taking birth in a family that is pure and prosperous (6.41). The next level is being born in a family of wise yogis (6.42). Such a birth is very rare in this world. The highest level is being liberated from the repeated cycle of birth and death in a material body (18.62).

Devotees do not fear death as no...