The last stage of life

anta-kāle tu puruṣa 

āgate gata-sādhvasaḥ 

chindyād asańga-śastreṇa 

spṛhāḿ dehe 'nu ye ca tam 

(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.1.15) 

At the last stage of one's life, one should be bold enough not to be afraid of death. But one must cut off all attachment to the material body and everything pertaining to it and all desires thereof. 

Foolish people attach more importance to the present temporary life, and thus the foolish leaders make appeals to the body and bodily relations. The bodily relations extend not only to this body but also to the family members, wife, children, society, country and so many other things which end at the end of life. After death one forgets everything about the present bodily relations; we have a little experience of this at night when we go to sleep. While sleeping, we forget everything about this body and bodily relations, although this forgetfulness is a temporary situation for only a few hours. Death is nothing but sleeping for a few months in order to develop another term of bodily engagement, which we are awarded by the law of nature according to our aspiration. Therefore, one has only to change the aspiration during the course of this present body, and for this, there is a need for training in the current duration of human life.