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Life After Death (All Religions)
Life After Death (All Religions)
Life After Death (All Religions)
At the moment of death the sum of all experiences O Thou compassionate Lord, Thou Who art
of life on earth comes to the surface of the mind – generous and able! We are servants of Thine
for in the mind are stored all impressions of past sheltered beneath Thy providence. Cast Thy glance
deeds – and the dying man then becomes absorbed of favor upon us. Give light to our eyes, hearing to
in these experiences. Then comes complete loss of our ears, and understanding and love to our
memory. Next there arises before man’s mind the hearts. Render our souls joyous and happy through
vision of his life to come, a vision regulated by his Thy glad tidings. O Lord! Point out to us the
impressions of his past deeds; and he no longer pathway of Thy kingdom and resuscitate all of us
recollects his life on earth. This complete through the breaths of the Holy Spirit. Bestow
forgetfulness of his past identity is death. upon us life everlasting and confer upon us never-
ending honor. Unify mankind and illumine the
– Simad Bhagavatam world of humanity. May we all follow Thy pathway,
Hindu Writings long for Thy good pleasure and seek the mysteries
of Thy kingdom. O God! Unite us and connect our
Those who remember me at the time of death will hearts with Thy indissoluble bond. Verily, Thou art
come to Me [God]. Do not doubt this. Whatever the Giver, Thou art the Kind One and Thou art the
occupies the mind at the time of death determines Almighty!
the destiny of the dying; always they will tend
toward that state of being. Therefore, remember
Me [God] at all times. – `Abdu'l-Bahá
Bahá’í Prayer
– Bhagavad Gita 8.5-7]
Hindu Writings
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– Bahá'u'lláh
Bahá'í Writings
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The progress of man’s spirit in the divine world If the dead are not raised (to another life), “Let us
after the severance of its connection with the eat and drink, for tomorrow we die…” But
body of dust, is through the bounty and grace of someone may ask, “How are the dead raised?
the Lord alone, or through the intercession and With what kind of body will they come?”…There
the sincere prayers of other human souls, or are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly
through the charities and important good works bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is
which are performed in its name. Though death one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is
destroy his body, it has no power over his spirit – another. The sun has one kind of splendor, the
this is eternal, everlasting, both birthless and moon another and the stars another; and star
deathless. As to the soul of man after death, it differs from star in splendor.
remains in the degree of purity to which it has
evolved during life in the physical body, and after So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The
it is freed from the body it remains plunged in the body that is sown is perishable, it is raised
ocean of God's Mercy. From the moment the soul imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in
leaves the body and arrives in the Heavenly World, glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
its evolution is spiritual, and that evolution is: The it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual
approaching unto God. body. If there is a natural body, there is also a
spiritual body…And just as we have borne the
likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the
likeness of the man from heaven. I declare to you,
– `Abdu'l-Bahá
Bahá'í Writings
brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the
kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit
the imperishable.
– Corinthians 15:32-50
Christian Writings
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– Alexander Pope
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