Hare Krishna!
Here is another question asked by a devotee and as I think this answer may be beneficial for others as well, this blog is made out.
The question is: “Is the resurrection day real? Will God come and get my buried dead body and resurrect and give judgement for hell or heaven?“
Here is the answer:
In the name of modern religions, this idea of resurrection and judgement was a manufactured idea to cheat the innocent and ignorant people and get business and make money from exploiting the ignorance of those people. Even a child will know that a dead body will rot and get disintegrated and no humpty dumpty can put them together again!
They even preach that when a dead body is burnt, then as there won’t be any body (only ash) to resurrect, that person won’t get salvation. What a foolish belief!
They preach so many things out of the blue! So many myths and here are only a few:
1) The world is flat
2) Animals do not have souls (according to the pre-1955 Bible, even women did not have souls)
3) Animals can be killed due to lack of soul in them
4) God is jealous
5) There is no rebirth
6) We should always fear of God
7) Eternal hell or heaven
8) Satan is as powerful as God
9) Do not worship God through idols
10) The wage of sin is death
11) God will come and resurrect from the dead body
The resurrection is a complete myth. Once the soul leaves the body, it does not matter whatever is done to that gross body which will rot and decay. The jiva that has left its body, depending on the karma, goes to hell and heaven and will be born again.
We are made of 3 layers:
1) An outer gross body with organs, skin, bones, blood and so on.
2) A subtle body consisting of mind, intelligence and false ego
3) The soul (innermost element) that is actually us
We see only our gross body. When one dies, only the gross body is given off. But along with the covering of a subtle body (as a ghost), the soul then takes another birth (body) depending on the karma. Actually we have been taking millions of births out of 8.4 million kinds of species to choose depending on our karma.
vāsānsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya
navāni gṛihṇāti naro ’parāṇi
tathā śharīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇānya
nyāni sanyāti navāni dehī … (BG 2.22)
“As a person sheds worn-out garments and wears new ones, likewise, at the time of death, the soul casts off its worn-out physical body and enters a new one.”
So, when they talk about resurrection, what body are they referring to? If anyone who thinks that God is going to come and resurrect from the dead body and give judgement, they are simply lunatic and should be sent to the mental hospital!
Judgement is done continuously. Lord Yama Raja is the in-charge for awarding heaven or punishing in the hells. There is no such thing called eternal hell or eternal heaven. A karmic soul after enjoying the punyas in heavens or suffering for their sinful deeds in hells, they will be given chances to be born again and again.
All these are discussed in a book I am writing called “Beyond All Religions” and is in the review stage. This book is an elementary level book for common people to understand about Krishna Consciousness.
Thank you!
Hare Krishna!