Question: Lord Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, whoever remembers Me, comes back to Me. So it is already predestined in people’s karma that at the time of death, a certain individual may remember Kṛṣṇa and go back to Godhead. Is it a personal choice or freewill?

Jayapataka Swami: That is why we chant Hare Kṛṣṇa all our life, so that we can remember Kṛṣṇa at the time of death. We heard that loving Kṛṣṇa, remembering Kṛṣṇa, serving Kṛṣṇa, going back to Kṛṣṇa is not a matter of karma, it is a matter of our bhakti and free will....