Tibet Buddha Community Last Rites Rituals: There are many religions around the world. All those religions have different traditions and practices. These also include the process and traditions of people’s funeral after their death. Which is different in different religions. For example, among Hindus, if someone dies, the dead body is generally burnt. So if some young children die. So they are released into rivers.
If we talk about the religion of Islam, then among Muslims everyone is buried after death. Exactly the same tradition is followed among Christians also. But the Parsi community is different from all these. In the Parsi community, after death, instead of being buried or burnt, the dead are kept in the Tower of Silence. Apart from the Parsis, there is also a community in the world where the dead are neither buried nor burnt after death.
Tibetan Buddhists perform sky burial
Buddhist communities living in Tibet perform the last rites of their family members under sky burial. A Buddhist dies in Tibet. So his dead body is wrapped in a white cloth and kept in the house for 3 to 5 days. Buddhist monks complete the process of religious worship during this period. They believe that this purifies the soul. After this the Buddhist monk Sky Burial fixes a special date.
The day on which the last rites are to be performed. So the dead body is taken to a hill and they make it lie down on a flat place. After this a special kind of smoke is made there. Birds like vultures and eagles and crows are attracted by the smell of that smoke. According to the information received from Earthfuneral website, there is also a burial master there. Who cuts the dead body into small pieces.
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Sky Sky Burial is banned in America
Where the tradition of sky burial has been going on for a long time among the Parsi community and Tibetan Buddhists. So, sky burial has not been recognized in many countries of the world. Many people consider this practice very bad. Sky burial has been banned in some countries of the world including America.
If a Tibetan Buddhist dies in America. So he is brought to Tibet with a permit for sky burial. The funeral rites of Tibetan Buddhists are quite similar to those of the Parsis. However, in Parsi religion the dead body is not cut into pieces.
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