There are certain customs and means to follow while preparing the deceased body for the cremation which would benefit the dead person and mourning families at the highest level.
It is important to have astrological judgments considered like choosing morticians, time and the date of the cremation, etc.
First in procedures come the bathing of the deceased. Last bath to the dead should be honored with clean water mixed with saffron and Camphor (དྲི་བཟང་ག་བུར). One could consider milk water bathing as well.
The most important process in this section is pasting of Ayatana Dharani on the body parts.
Āyatana is a sense base. In Buddhism there are six internal sense bases known as organs and six external sense objects. Their pairs of sense bases relations:
The right way he conveys are, paint the printed Dharani by saffron and Camphor mixed in water or paint into Yellow. Dry and cut into precise pieces and paste onto body parts according to the text.
The last stage on this part is binding of the body. There is a tradition that the binding rope gets blessing from Lams and the Lama at the scene tie place the rope around the neck of Corpse. Hands of the deceased should be in folded or crossed position while binding.
The tying rope should be made from natural grass fiber, but not advised to use plastic or synthetic ropes in any situation.
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Extracted from the book: Guidelines to benefit the Deceased by Khenpo Nima Shar.
Khenpo NIma is a researcher with Tago Dorden Tashithang Buddhist University.
It is important to have astrological judgments considered like choosing morticians, time and the date of the cremation, etc.
First in procedures come the bathing of the deceased. Last bath to the dead should be honored with clean water mixed with saffron and Camphor (དྲི་བཟང་ག་བུར). One could consider milk water bathing as well.
The most important process in this section is pasting of Ayatana Dharani on the body parts.
Āyatana is a sense base. In Buddhism there are six internal sense bases known as organs and six external sense objects. Their pairs of sense bases relations:
- Eye and Visible Objects
- Ear and Sound
- Nose and Odor
- Tongue and Taste
- Body and Touch
- Mind and Mental Objects
The right way he conveys are, paint the printed Dharani by saffron and Camphor mixed in water or paint into Yellow. Dry and cut into precise pieces and paste onto body parts according to the text.
The last stage on this part is binding of the body. There is a tradition that the binding rope gets blessing from Lams and the Lama at the scene tie place the rope around the neck of Corpse. Hands of the deceased should be in folded or crossed position while binding.
The tying rope should be made from natural grass fiber, but not advised to use plastic or synthetic ropes in any situation.
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Extracted from the book: Guidelines to benefit the Deceased by Khenpo Nima Shar.
Khenpo NIma is a researcher with Tago Dorden Tashithang Buddhist University.
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