Preparation for the Funeral

• Funeral service – simple & solemn

• Hall – serene & peaceful

• Casket – practical & not too expensive

• Altar – flowers, fruits, candles, lights & incense, Buddha Image

• Dressing – White and Sober

• Monks – perform rites & deliver sermon

• Chanting & transfer of merits

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• Significance Of Transference Of Merits

• Highest Gift to the Departed

• Tirokudda Sutta

• HOW TO ORGANIZE A FUNERAL

• TRANSFERENCE OF MERITS FOR THE DEPARTED

• HOW A FUNERAL CAN BE CONDUCTED IN BUDDHIST WAY

• HOW THEN A BUDDHIST FUNERAL CAN BE CARRIED OUT PROPERLY?

• FUNERAL ADMINISTRATION

• CRITICALLY ILL/DYING PERSON

• FINAL MOMENTS

• WHEN DEATH TAKES PLACE

• PREPARATION FOR THE FUNERAL

• PAYING LAST RESPECT

• FINAL RITES

• CREMATION/BURIAL

• CREMATION CEREMONY

• BURIAL CEREMONY

• MEMORIAL SERVICE

• CONDOLENCES RECEIVED

• FUNERAL/MEMORIAL SERVICE

• FUNERAL CHANTING (THERAVADA)

• COMMERCIAL FUNERAL  CHANTING

• SUTRA & MANTRA (MAHAYANA)

• EULOGY/ORATION

• FORGIVENESS CEREMONY

• SOLEMN & DIGNIFIED HYMNS