The Purpose of Life

Srila Prabhupada has often said – and quoted sastra to the effect that – we will be tested at the time of death. For example he said on 25 November 1968: “There is a Bengali proverb, bhajana kara sadhana kara matte janle haya. How you are advancing in Krsna consciousness, that will be tested at the time of your death. The examination will be at that time.” In his will Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura is reputed to have said, “We will not stay in this world for a long time. If this body falls singing the glory of Lord Sri Hari, then only the birth in this body will be successful.”