What Becomes of the Soul After Death

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WHAT BECOMES OF THE SOUL AFTER DEATH

SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA

Sri Swami Sivananda

Founder of

The Divine Life Society

SERVE, LOVE, GIVE,

PURIFY, MEDITATE,

REALIZE

So Says

Sri Swami Sivananda

A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION

Thirteenth Edition: 1997

(8,000 Copies)

World Wide Web (WWW) Edition: 1999

WWW site: http://www.SivanandaDlshq.org/

This WWW reprint is for free distribution

ISBN 81-7052-011-8

Published By

THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY

P.O. SHIVANANDANAGAR—249 192

Distt. Tehri-Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh,

Himalayas, India.

DEDICATED

LORD YAMA, MARKANDEYA, NACHIKETAS,

SAVITRI AND NANDI, THE ETERNAL

ATTENDANT OF LORD SIVA, WHO HAVE

ALL UNRAVELLED THE MYSTERIES

OF THE LIFE BEYOND DEATH

5th December, 1957

Children of Immortality!

There is a living, unchanging, eternal Consciousness that underlies all names and forms.

That is God or Brahman.

God is the end of all actions. He is the end of all Sadhanas, Yoga practices. Seek Him.

Realise Him. Only then can you be free and perfect. Look upon the world as a mirage. Lead a life of

selfless service, renunciation, dispassion, prayer and meditation. You will soon attain

God-realisation.

May God bless you. Om Tat Sat.

Thy own Atman,

Sivananda

PUBLISHERS’ NOTE

The problem of life beyond death has ever been a most fascinating one from time

immemorial. Man has always been intrigued by the question, “What becomes of the Soul after

Death?” The present volume, as the title suggests, treats in detail of the subject and furnishes an

answer to the agelong question.

In recent times there has been much speculation on this problem. This had led to a lot of

research work too. The fact of continuity of consciousness after physical death has come to be

accepted as such by most of the modern thinkers, latest of whom, the famous scientist, Dr. J.B.

Rhine, has expressed himself in favour of such belief. Many books have been written on this

subject, but hitherto most of the works deal mainly with the astral or other spirit world. It has mostly

been the study of the conditions in the Pretaloka which is merely one among the numerous

supramundane planes beyond the grave. Spiritism, seance and the testimony of recognised

mediums have for most part featured prominently in all such works.

This present book by Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj is a departure from the usual line in that it

is based, to a great extent, upon authoritative scriptural texts and upon knowledge derived through

reasoning, deep reflection and personal meditation. It throws a flood of light upon all aspects of

post-mortem existence not adequately dealt with in other works. The book also gives valuable

information about the different beliefs on this subject, of the various races and religions.

The portions giving the inner meaning and esoteric significance of the different practices

and customs in connection with the dead form a most informative one. The appendix and the stories

in the end and the very interesting poems in the beginning are most thought-provoking and highly

inspiring.

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We feel that the perusal of the present work will confirm man’s belief that ‘death is not the

end of life’, that his actions here unfailingly react upon him in the ‘after state’ too and will stimulate

his Vichara or power of investigation. We have no doubt that the reader will be helped to make a

proper evaluation of the real worth of this physical existence upon the earth plane in the light of this

new knowledge of the supracorporeal states of being.

—THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY

INTRODUCTION

Paraloka-Vidya or the science about the departed souls and their planes of living is a subject

of absorbing interest. It is a Mysterious Science which contains many secrets or hidden wonders. It

has intimate connection with Panchagni-Vidya or the science of transmigration propounded in the

Chhandogya Upanishad. The doctrine of reincarnation or metempsychosis, transmigration of the

soul and spiritualism come under the Paraloka-Vidya. Everybody is curious and anxious to know

this science.

Great scientists, the inventors of many marvellous things, mighty Emperors who have done

stupendous works, inspired poets, wonderful artists, many Brahmins, Rishis, Yogins have come

and gone. You are all extremely anxious to know what has become to them. Do they still exist?

What is there at the other side of death? Have they become non-existent or have they dwindled into

an airy nothing? Such questions do arise spontaneously in the hearts of all. The same question arises

today as it arose thousands of years ago. No one can stop it, because it is inseparably connected with

our nature.

Death is a subject which is of the deepest interest to everyone. One day or other all must die.

The terror of death overshadows the lives of all human beings. It brings considerably unnecessary

sorrow, suffering and anxiety to the survivors who are anxious to know about the fate of the

departed souls.

In the West also this question has aroused a great deal of interest and attention in certain

scientific circles. Much investigation has been made. But the researches have, however, been

confined more or less to find out whether or not the individuality survives and persists after the

dissolution of the physical body. This has been proved in the affirmative by actual communication

with the spirit world through science, mediumship etc.

A knowledge of this science will rob death of all its terror and sorrow and enable you to see

it in the proper light and to understand its place in the scheme of your evolution. It will certainly

goad you to find out suitable methods to conquer death and attain immortality. It will forcibly urge

you to take to the study of Brahma-Vidya in right earnest and find out the true Master or illumined

sage who can put you in the right path of Truth and explain to you the mysteries of Kaivalya or

Brahma-Jnana.

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