The path to the 'divine heavenly state' as described in Chapter 37 involves spiritual and moral purification. The chapter states that one must first cross the 'nooses of death,' which are identified as unrighteousness, ignorance, anger, and hatred. By overcoming these, one enters the heavenly world. This is not a location but a state of being—the realization of the Virat (Cosmic) Self-form, which is free from all sorrow and fear. The text also implies that one must overcome the delusion of separateness, the idea that 'Parabrahman is different from me,' which is the very thing that perpetuates the cycle of birth and death.
According to the contents of Chapter 37, what is the prescribed path to attaining the 'divine heavenly state' and escaping the cycle of mortality?
📖 Chapter 37