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To make Buddhist funerary caves, one can adopt the three methods: Use natural caves or grottos; Make slight changes to existing grottos; Pile up stones to make new caves; To achieve the goal of giving one's body to the animals, most caves and grottos were open. The few exceptions include the north cliff of Longmen wanfo gou (龍門萬佛溝). [18]
Cheondojae is also known as after-death ceremonies or Buddhist funeral rites. [2] Buddhists believe when someone dies, their soul is held for 49 days between death and rebirth. [3] Because a soul without a body in a transient state can better accept the law of truth, it can gain enlightenment and move on to the next life. Cheondojae helps the ...
The body is finally disposed of in a cremation ceremony, which takes place at a temple's crematorium (called men (เมรุ) in Thai for their symbolisation of Mount Meru). The body may be taken around the temple's crematorium three times in an anti-clockwise direction, usually via a cart which is pulled, by either Monks or family and friends.
For some of the volunteers the ceremony helps in "merit making" - a Buddhist concept where performing good deeds contributes to that person's own happiness and well-being.
A bathing ceremony is held shortly after death, followed by the rituals of dressing the body and placing it within the kot, a funerary urn used in place of a coffin. The kot is then placed on display and daily Buddhist rites—which include chants by Buddhist monks and the playing of ceremonial music every three hours—are held for an extended ...
On Oct. 6, 2022, a fired police sergeant killed 36 people, including two dozen toddlers at a day care center. The shocking gun and knife attack spurred calls for tighter gun controls in Thailand ...
The death of a noble lady and the decay of her body is a series of kusōzu paintings in watercolor, produced in Japan around the 18th century. The subject of the paintings is thought to be Ono no Komachi. [18] There are nine paintings, including a pre-death portrait, and a final painting of a memorial structure: [18] [19]
Although Japan has become a more secular society (see Religion in Japan), as of 2007, 90% of funerals are conducted as Buddhist ceremonies. [2] Immediately after a death (or, in earlier days, just before the expected death), relatives moisten the dying or deceased person's lips with water, a practice known as water of the last moment (末期の水, matsugo-no-mizu).