Buddhism funeral

froydi27

Hey everybody!
I'm doing this school project about differences between Buddhism and Hinduism funerals. There for I wonder if any of you could help me, perhaps with telling a little about a funeral they have been in? How was the setting? Any help is good help!

Thank you.

ansanna

http://www.nbo.org.uk/funerals/funerals.htm

http://www.nbo.org.uk/home.htm

Shutoku

I think you would find that different sects have different types of funeral services.
I have attended many Pure Land (Jodo Shinshu) funerals, but I somehow doubt that a Theravada funeral would make mention of Amida Buddha as one example.

kenny

There is always the Tibetan Sky Burial. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJrM5NHoa5Y)
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:::Warning::::
</o> The video "may be slightly graphic" to a few (a dead man being eaten) but, it is really an awakening video . Read up on it as well it is actually very interesting. I also watched a video once about the Tibetan Book of the Dead where it shows them doing the rituals for however many days to help the person find their way and etc and then after the person is truly considered dead they burn the body, also worth investigating. But, yes each sect has their own traditions.

DhammaDhatu

I lived in a forest monastery once in Thailand and a residence of the monastery passed away.

A pyre of wood was build in a clearing in the forest and the body was placed upon it.

All sat around the fire, watching the body burn, reflecting on impermanence.

Two monks gave a talk with a microphone.

One monk spoke in gratitude of the good things this (lay) person did. They were a benefactor of the monastery, who build housing & provided food for visiting Western meditators.

Another monk spoke about impermanence, how all conditioned things are subject to arising and passing.

This link may be helpful to you: http://www.suanmokkh.org/history/tjpix1.htm

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questionful

buddha was cremated and some kings argued over who got to keep his ashes and they decided to split them up.

Dazzle

Hi froydi27,

This information about funerals from the Tibetan Buddhist viewpoint (Buddhist traditions differ in approach) might be helpful for your research:


http://www.samyeling.org/index/death-and-funeral-advice-for-buddhists



Kind regards,

Dazzle



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froydi27

Thank you so much for your answers. They were great help.

I only got one question; is it also possible to get burried? Or is that very unusual? I thought all dead were burnt to ashes, but I've got an expression that I'm maybe wrong... Do they even keep the ashes after someone's death?

DhammaDhatu

The monk who was burned in the coffin above would say these differences are merely cultural & geographical.

When he was alive he said a corpse is a rotting thing and must be disposed of.

In places where there were ample trees, it was convenient to burn a corpse.

In places where there were no ample trees, it was convenient to bury a corpse.

Kind regards

DhammaDhatu

froydi27 wrote: »

Do they even keep the ashes after someone's death?

Yes.

If you examine the link I posted closely, you will see the ashes were kept.

Dazzle

Do they even keep the ashes after someone's death? <!-- / message -->

If you check the link I provided, you will see that the ashes are placed inside a stupa.






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