A thousand and one reflections before you die

Introduction

In the frame story of the famous Arabian tales of One Thousand and One Nights, Scheherazade is escaping death by telling capturing stories to her would-be-killer. In the Bhagavatam we have a different situation; Shukadeva told stories to king Parikshit, who stood before death. Those stories contained wisdom preparing one to die successfully and attain spiritual fulfillment.

Here you are presented with the same opportunity that king Parikshit had, given that you pray for the grace of being able to understand the message and act upon it.