The Yoga of the Imperishable Absolute

Krishna reveals the supreme goal: 'Avyakto 'kshara ity uktas tam ahuh paramam gatim'—that (tam) which is called (uktas) the unmanifest (avyaktah) and the imperishable (aksharah), they say (ahuh) is the supreme (paramam) goal (gatim). 'Yam prapya na nivartante'—having attained (prapya) which (yam), one does not return (na nivartante). 'Tad dhama paramam mama'—that (tad) is My (mama) supreme (paramam) abode (dhama). This is the goal: the unmanifest, imperishable Brahman—Krishna's supreme abode. Once you attain it, you don't return to the material world. This is the highest goal—not temporary worlds, not temporary states, but the eternal, imperishable Supreme abode. This is what you're preparing to remember at death—the supreme goal that's beyond all cycles, beyond all dissolution, eternally present.