A Saint Died in an Accident Last Week. Why Did This Happen?

[A question by Shri Balaji]

Swami replied: The actual reason can’t be identified by us, which is correctly known to God only. We are not omniscient to know every detail of the saint. There may be certain hidden sins even in a great saint. We are not following him all the 24 hours with a video cassette. We also don’t know all the ideas in the mind of the saint. There may be good side in which the saint might have finished the work assigned by God. Accidental death is thought to be untimely death that happens before the longevity stipulated by God finishes. It is wrong because God writes on the forehead the exact longevity only before which nobody can die under any circumstance. The accidental death itself is the death granted by God while the soul is born. Accidental death need not be viewed as bad. Jesus was crucified at the age of 32 years. Shankara was killed by black magic done by Abhinava Gupta at the age of 32 years. All these are accidental deaths only. It is also wrong to feel that a person becomes a ghost after accidental death. Jesus and Shankara never became ghosts. A soul becomes ghost only due to excess fascination to worldly bonds even if it leaves the body in old age.

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