When Krishna says we cast off our bodies at death just as we cast off old worn out coats, he
a. proclaims that our bodies are resurrected
b. supports the notion of the transmigration of souls
c. claims that there is no such thing as a soul
d. tells us that death means the total cessation of our existence in any form
e. portrays death as a wall
Question 2
Which of the following is most compatible with the view of the afterlife portrayed in the sections of the Bhagavad Gita quoted in Chapter 19?
a. resurrection of the body
b. a journey to Hades
c. the soul's traveling to heaven or hell
d. a no-soul doctrine
e. none of these
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