least it is intellectually convinced that being in itself, the soul, is neither masculine nor feminine. The external envelope, constituted of matter, is organized by material nature in order to provoke an attraction for the opposite sex and thus to keep the being prisoner of conditioned existence. The liberated being rises above these perverse dualities, it makes no difference between one soul and another. For him, all share a single spiritual nature. To be liberated, then, is to possess perfectly this spiritual vision.
The death is the sudden change of body.
To be fully absorbed in Krsna and freed from all defilement and material desire is one and the same thing. Just as a rich man abandons shoddy objects, the devotee of Krsna, sure of reaching the kingdom of the Lord, where existence is eternal, all knowledge and bliss, naturally has no desire for objects of material pleasure , Objects, insignificant, simple toys, simple shadows of reality, of lasting value. Thus one recognizes the one who has been enriched spiritually. Then, in due time, when the purified bhakta is ready, there occurs what is commonly called death, but which is ultimately only a sudden change of body. For the pure bhakta, this change is compared to the lightning, which is accompanied simultaneously by a vivid light: by the supreme will, it develops a spiritual body at the very moment when it leaves the material body. It should be noted, however, that even before death the pure bhakta is freed from all material attachment, that he possesses, on account of his permanent contact with the Lord, an entirely spiritualized body, just as an iron becomes red and burning on contact fire.
As the Supreme Lord had promised, Narada obtained, as soon as he left his material body, a spiritual body, appropriate, conformable, to existence in the company of the Lord. The spiritual body is free from all material attachment and has three main characteristics: it is eternal, not subject to the influence of the three gunas and freed from karma. The material body, on the other hand, always exhibits contrary attributes. It is ephemeral and remains under the influence of gunas and karma. The bhakta may see the characteristics of the spiritual body manifested in its present body as soon as it engages in the service of the Lord. For the absolute of the service of devotion acts upon the body of the bhakta in the manner of a philosopher's stone, which has the power to transform iron into gold. For the pure bhakta, therefore, to change body means to put an end to the influence of the three gunas. The Scriptures offer many examples, such as those of Dhruva Maharaja and Prahlada Maharaja, who were able to see the Supreme Lord face to face, apparently without changing body. In fact, the very nature of the body of a bhakta changes, and material becomes spiritual.