I call out, ‘Alas! Krishna!’ and give up my life.

[Guest guest]

At the critical time of leaving your material body ,let us all remember what we all have to do in order to meet the Lord of our life : paramananda he madhava

padungaluci makaranda

 

se-makaranda pana-kari

anande bolo ‘hari hari’

 

harinka name vanda vela

pari karibe caka-dola

 

se-caka-dolanka-payare

mana-mo rahu nirantare

 

mana mo nirantare rahu

’ha-krsna’ boli jiva jau

 

ha-krsna boli jau jiva

mote udhara radha-dhava

 

mote udhara radha-dhava

mote udhara radha-dhava

 

"O supremely blissful Madhava! The nectar is coming from Your lotus feet. Drinking that nectar, I blissfully sing ‘Hari! Hari!’ Taking the name of Hari, I am binding a raft on which Lord Jagannath will ferry me across this ocean of material existence. May my mind always remain at the lotus feet of that Lord Jagannath who has very large round eyes. In this way, I call out, ‘Alas! Krishna!’ and give up my life. O husband of Radharani, please deliver me."

 

[Guest guest]

That's so formalistic. And the important is the preparation in everyday life, as desc.ed in Tibetan Book of Dead.

[theist]

Yes everyday life for sure. So praying and meditating on such prayers daily prepare us for the moment of death.