Sankaracarya's Vivekachudamani 569

सदात्मैकत्वविज्ञानदग्धाविद्यादिवर्ष्मणः ।

अमुष्य ब्रह्मभूतत्वाद्ब्रह्मणः कुत उद्भवः ॥

sadātmaikatvavijñānadagdhāvidyādivarṣmaṇaḥ |

amuṣya brahmabhūtatvādbrahmaṇaḥ kuta udbhavaḥ ||

(Sankaracarya's Vivekachudamani 569)

By realizing the oneness of the individual Self and Brahman, his bodies (gross, subtle, and casual) consisting of ignorance, etc. are burnt and he becomes Brahman Itself; how can Brahman (the unborn), ever have rebirth?

A person who surrenders to the Supreme Lord and realizes the truth about Atma never bothers about the gross, subtle, and casual body. Full self-surrender, therefore, means not only surrendering one's self as a spirit soul but also surrendering one's mind and body to the service of the Lord. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has sung a nice song in this connection. While offering himself as a fully surrendered soul, he said, "My mind, my household affairs, my body, whatever is in my possession, my dear Lord, I offer to You for Your service. Now You can do with them as You like. You are the supreme possessor of everything, so if You like You can kill me, or if You like You can give me protection. All authority belongs to You. I have nothing to claim as my own."

Therefore a self surrendered soul never worries about living in the body or die. The motive will be go back to the Supreme Lord who creates us. Whether the body is burned or buried, a self surrendered person sure that his Atma has no birth and death. The ultimate be with the Lord, life afterlife.

In the Padma Purana there is a statement of submission in feeling by devotees praying to the Lord: "My Lord, I know that young girls have a natural affection for young boys, and that young boy has a natural affection for young girls. I am praying at Your lotus feet that my mind may become attracted unto You in the same spontaneous way." The example is very appropriate. When a young boy or girl sees a member of the opposite sex there is a natural attraction, without the need for any introduction. Without any training, there is a natural attraction due to the sex impulse. This is a material example, but the devotee is praying that he may develop a similar spontaneous attachment for the Supreme Lord, free from any desire for profit and without any other cause. This natural attraction for the Lord is the perfect stage of self-realization.