By Ven. Dr K. Sri Dhammananda
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However, the fear that some people create in the minds of innocent people that the departed will return to torment or disturb the family members if they do not perform certain rituals is groundless. A G It is a common practice in most communities to conduct religious services for the dead during the prescribed periods following the funeral. e Buddhist practice is to partake in almsgiving and to transfer merits to the departed. To do this relatives and friends of the deceased usually invite a number of monks and offer them requisites such as food and medicine.
Ese should preferably be ordered so as to arrive at the house not earlier than the afternoon before the funeral, otherwise on the sad day itself they may be faded. However if the obituary notice specifically states “no flowers”, then this request should be strictly respected. Because relatives have different opinions on funeral rites there are many arguments about the proper rituals to be performed. People have often asked the following questions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Should there be a burial or cremation?
However different communities have developed certain rites based on their own cultural practices and these have come to be accepted as being “Buddhist”. eir intention is to honour the memory of a departed one, to remind one of his own mortality and so develop a greater sense of spiritual awareness. If intelligently followed, and if these practices do not interfere with the necessary process of living, then as Buddhists we have no reason to object to them. e uddhist ay is the iddle ay, the ath of oderation in ll ings.
