30 Beyond Birth and Death

process is to train ourselves now so that at the time
of death we may transfer ourselves to the spiritual
universe, to Krsnaloka, and there associate with
Krsna. In Brahma-samhita Sri Krsna and His abode
are described thus:

cintamani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa-
laksavrtesu surabhir abhipalayantam

laksmi-sahasra-sata-sambhrama-sevyamanam
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami

“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first
progenitor, who is tending the cows, fulfilling all
desire, in abodes built with spiritual gems, surrounded
by millions of wish-fulfilling trees, always served
with great reverence and affection by hundreds and
thousands of laksmis, or gopis.”’ (Bs. 5.29)

This is a description of Krsnaloka. The houses are
made of what is called “touchstone.” Whatever
touchstone touches immediately turns into gold. The
trees are wish-fulfilling trees or ‘“‘desire trees,” for
one can receive from them whatever he wishes. In
this world we get mangoes from mango trees and
apples from apple trees, but there from any tree one
can get whatever he desires. Similarly, the cows are
called surabhi, and they yield an endless supply of
milk, These are descriptions of the spiritual planets
found in Vedic scriptures.

In this material world we have become acclima-
tized to birth, death and all sorts of suffering.
Material scientists have discovered many facilities for
sense enjoyment and destruction, but they have dis-
