Why does God send death to every man?

[A question posed on a discussion forum to Shri Anil.] Swami replied: If God did not give death to human beings, after they have lived for some time, human beings would get so vexed with the same continuous worldly life that they would commit suicide! If God were to even cancel their suicidal death, they would go mad and their lives would become useless. That situation would be worse than death! Death erases the bonds of this life and gives a fresh life with new bonds. In the new life, the memories of the previous birth are supressed by the God, as said in the Veda (Parāñci khāni vyatṛṇat...). If the memories of previous births were to remain, again the soul would get mentally deranged! This arrangement of death and rebirth with previous memories erased is meant for giving a fresh start to the soul’s spiritual effort. But some cases appear here and there, exhibiting the memories of previous births. These cases are meant to serve as the practical proof of rebirth. However, human rebirth is very very rare. So, one has to complete one’s spiritual effort within the present human birth itself, without taking the meaningless risk of postponing the spiritual effort to the next human birth.

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| Shri Datta Swami | Why does God send death to every man? | Paraanchi khaani vyitrunat