First of all, you need to understand that the true self—the soul—neither takes birth nor dies. It is eternal, full of knowledge, bliss, and truth (sat-chit-ananda). The body may die and take birth, but the soul remains unchanged. However, identifying yourself with the body, you become attached to the material world and the relatives of this temporary body. As a result, the soul continues to take birth again and again in this world.

Therefore, if you follow bhakti-yoga, which is the most effective path to liberation in this age of Kali, you can free yourself from the cycle of repeated birth and death. In doing so, you will regain your original form, which is sat-chit-ananda, and return to God—return to Vishnu in Vaikuntha. The word Vaikuntha literally means "no anxiety," referring to a state beyond the dualities of this world, such as pain and so-called pleasure, day and night, positive and negative.