I become unconscious when I die?

Guest : I become unconscious when I die?

 

Prabhupäda: You are never unconscious.

 

Guest : You mean I experience the seven months of being in a sleeping state?

 

Prabhupäda: Yes.

 

Guest : And I am aware of it?

Prabhupäda: Yes. You are aware, but you were a little deep, deep sleep. Just like I remember my chloroform case. So I remember very slightly, but there is remembrance. The consciousness is still there, but for some time it is curbed down. So if you become Krsna conscious once, even if at that time you are so-called unconscious, still, Krsna is with you; He is not forgetful. He is not forgetful. Therefore He will give you the proper result. Don’t think that at the time of your death, because you are so completely out of consciousness, therefore there is frustration. No. There is no frustration. There is no frustration. Because your activities are already recorded by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated within your heart, so therefore there is no question of frustration. You just practice. While you are in good health, while you are in good body, while you are in good consciousness, just practice this Hare Krsna, and the result is guaranteed.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.7.22–26 — March 10, 1967, San Francisco

 

Prabhupada: That is guarantee. [Bg. 9.31]. Because he is devotee, for material condition he could not remember, but Krsna remembers, “Yes,” that “he has done so much for Me.”

Yes, that is general. But a devotee, because Krsna has taken charge of him, even he does not remember Krsna, still, Krsna is there. Generally devotee dies remembering Krsna. Generally. But even if for material condition he cannot, then Krsna is taken charge. And there is no question of hopelessness. No. We have to do our duty very seriously. Then everything is all right.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Morning Walk — March 17, 1976, Mayapur