A Second Chance: The Story Of Near Death Experience

by A.C. Bhaktivedanta

When law of karma acts on every individual and makes everyone responsible for the actions performed during one's life, it also mysteriously determines ones destiny at the crucial moment called death. Near death experiences may have gained a lot of interest in the past few decades, but their intricate details and mysteries have been well documented in the ancient vedic scriptures thousands of years ago. This amazing narrative by h.d.g. A. C. Bhaktivedanta swami prabhupada is based on ancient vedic scriptures like srimad bhagavatam and bhagavad gita. The book will guide you to have a second chance, by employing techniques of bhakti yoga to overcome the material obstacles of life, meet the challenges of death, and peacefully attain spiritual enlightenment.

Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality

Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

His Divine Grace Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (अभय चरणारविन्द भक्तिवेदान्त स्वामी प्रभुपाद)was born as Abhay Charan De on 1 September 1896 in Calcutta, India.

He first met his spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami, in Calcutta in 1922. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, a prominent devotional scholar and the founder of sixty-four branches of Gaudiya Mathas (Vedic institutes), liked this educated young man and convinced him to dedicate his life to teaching Vedic knowledge in the Western world. Srila Prabhupada became his student, and eleven years later (1933) at Allahabad, he became his formally initiated disciple.

At their first meeting, in 1922, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura requested Srila Prabhupada to broadcast Vedic knowledge through the English language. In the years that followed, Srila Prabhupada wrote a commentary on the Bhagavad-gita and in 1944, without assistance, started an English fortnightly magazine.

In the last ten years of his life, in spite of his advanced age, Srila Prabhupada circled the globe twelve times on lecture tours that have took him to six continents. In spite of such a vigorous schedule, Srila Prabhupada continued to write prolifically. His writings constitute a veritable library of Vedic philosophy, religion, literature and culture.

Reviews

[Venkat babu · Rating 5 out of 5]

One has to read this book to really experience the pain involved at the time of death.

[Vijay Dhameliya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful story, reveals many secrets about death. Also presents simplest method for permanent happiness.

[Gaurav Chakraborty · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story of Ajamila who got deviated from his path and got entangled with a prostitute but still he went Back to Godhead. Read the 📖 to know how just by calling his son "Narayan", Ajamila went Back to Godhead.

[K.Shivanjali · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book isn't bad..but it says that when a human reminds the God's name at his death, he is sure that he will reach the lord...foolish may understand that "it's no problem to make sins as we would chant the lord name at our death"...but I suppose it would be better to teach that we shouldn't make mistakes instead of chanting the Lord's name at our death..and also this book isn't good to the children to read this book as it repeatedly chants the Ajamila's illicit relationship with a prostitute ...

[Karthick Meenakshi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book. The climax is really the climax

[atharvroooom · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a coming of age mind, this book is a must read. Regardless of the book's pious nature, it has in it (inadvertently perhaps) good lessons for life.

[Aditya UN · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spiritual content

[Mayank Srivastava · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is no loss of having Krishna consciousness but the gain will be infinite.

[P. S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great treatise on Vedic cosmology, ontology, the glorious position of the Holy Name and the devotees of Supreme Lord. The book is an in-depth commentary on the story of Ajamila taken from the Bhagavata Purana (Srimad Bhagavatam). The devotional perspective in the narration adds a priceless layer of understanding the inner working of the classical text.