A Dialogue With The God Of Death: As Defined By The Upanishads

by Sukhdev Virdee

A Story From The Katha Upanishad
The story of a young boy named Nachiketa who is given away by his father to the God of Death (Yama).
Upon reaching Yama's abode he finds out that the God of Death is away and will return after three days.
Nachiketa spends three day and three nights waiting for Yama to return without eating or drinking anything.

When Yama returns, upon hearing that Nachiketa waited for him for three days and nights without eating or drinking anything he grants him three boons to make up.

Nachiketa asks for his three boons which contain the highest wisdom about the Atman, Brahman, and Jiva. The God of Death (Yama) shares with Nachiketa what happens to the individual soul after the death of the body.

Who other than the God of Death (Yama) himself would be the best person to learn from, about what happens when the body dies. A dialogue takes place between Nachiketa and Yama (God of Death) and Yama spills all the secrets of death to a worthy student who wants to know the absolute truth.

The book is presented in a story format for better understanding and impact using imagination and visualization.
The Katha Upanishad is one of the most popular and among the 10 Major Upanishads.

Sukhdev's writing style makes it a beautiful experience with the deeper meanings of life presented by the Upanishad in very easy to understand language leaving no question or doubt unanswered.

66 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 28, 2019

About the author

Sukhdev Virdee was born and brought up in Nairobi, Kenya. Since childhood he was very inclined towards spirituality and music. After his studies he chose to take up music as a profession. He learnt how to play the keyboards and started performing live on stage at the age of nineteen. He later went to London and completed a BTEC in Music Production and Performance.

He later flew to Mumbai, India to pursue his dream of singing and composing music in the largest Indian Entertainment Industry. His debut pop-album became a chartbuster making him a popular household name in India and across the world. Mumbai became his home where he is known for his high energy live performances and this popularity took him to several countries across every continent on the planet to perform live for huge audiences.

A few more albums and singles followed after that. He was living the life that every young person looks up to even today. He had created a name for himself and enjoyed the name, fame and fortune that most singers dream of but never get to live. During all this he was totally oblivious of what life had in store for him in the coming years.

Just before his 40th birthday, when he was going through a rather rough patch in life, three of his friends gifted him the Bhagavad Gita out of the blue. These were friends that he met only occasionally and yet within two weeks three different people gifted him the Bhagavad Gita that would change his life completely. He read the Bhagavad Gita and felt Lord Krishna was speaking directly to him. It completely changed his outlook towards life as he followed the teachings in the Bhagavad Gita as best as he could.
Just over a year later, one fine morning after he woke up from his morning meditation and walked towards his temple in the house, his body completely froze and in an instant he had become one with the entire Universe. Time stood still and every particle of the entire Universe was alive and shining in bright golden light and he was the light. He was no longer limited to just his body or mind, he was everywhere at the same time and everything was one with him.

This Spiritual awakening experience turned his life upside down and inside out. All desires for anything worldly vanished, fear of death vanished, love and compassion for entire humanity and nature arose and he could feel and experience the Supreme Being in everything.
Not knowing exactly what had happened and what to do next, he sought out several resources before he was pointed towards the Upanishads that answered all his questions as to what had happened, what led to it and what to do after such an awakening.

After years of studying the Vedanta texts he is now an expert on non-dual Vedanta through not only intellectual and philosophical knowledge but most importantly with his own personal direct experience everyday.
He has put all his heart and soul into writing these books that include the highest knowledge of the Upanishads and his own direct experience and knowledge of the Supreme Being.
The series has been written with the absolute conviction that you, the reader, can realize your true immortal Universal Self too, that you are pure bliss and completely unaffected by all pain and suffering.

The promise of all spirituality is that one transcends pain and sorrow in this world, not that pain and sorrow don’t come, but that the realized being is untouched by it. One realizes that their true nature is immortal, that they are one with the Universe. Would a being that realizes that he or she is one with the Universe ever want to accumulate anything in this world?
No, the True Saint or Sage who is Self-Realized makes do with only the very basic necessities required to live an honest decent life. They don’t look to gain wealth, become famous, build an empire or any such sort of selfish activities.

Their main focus becomes serving humanity selflessly and uplifting others to help them realize their true nature