Buddhist funeral rituals and traditional ceremonies are filled with religious significance for Buddhists. The ceremonies performed during the Buddhist funeral are believed to liberate the deceased person\’s soul from the chains of life and let it find a new and better life thereafter where it gets closer to enlightenment.
Buddhist monks are invited to carry out the rites and rituals during a Buddhist funeral, that usually ends with cremation. The dormant positive energies are released from the soul by the chanting of appropriate sutras by Buddhist monks who read from the religious books. While the chanting is on, the deceased is prepared for the funeral and for friends and relatives to bid a final adieu, so that there is no decay even if the cremation is delayed. The body is bathed and laid to rest in a coffin along with fragrance sticks, candles, wreaths and a photo of the departed person.
When the last rites are delayed to allow far away relatives to come for paying their last respects to the deceased, monks visit the home daily to read and recite from the Buddhist holy book Abhidharma.
On the day of the funeral, monks go through the last rites and the head monk voices his condolences to the bereaved family and speaks words of encouragement to them along with tribute to the dead person remembering his life. During the last stage of religious chanting and service, the casket is wrapped in white cloth and a ritual of conveying blessings and positive energies to the soul of the deceased, known as \’Pansakula\’ is done.
Prior to the cremation, a family member or closest kin has to say something about the deceased. The Buddhist funeral services end with a special meal for the attendees after the funeral.
A large number of people in China, Tibet, Thailand and a few other Asian countries with a large Buddhist population follow the Buddhist funeral tradition with some slight alterations according to the local customs.
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