Final Rites

• Cremation or burial
• Monk – to conduct the last rite
• Offer robes and requisites
• Transfer of merit – ‘Dakkhinodoka’
• Sealing of casket – pay last respect to the departed
• Lifting it on the hearse – face the casket
• Funeral Procession – orderly and silent
• Family members – walk behind the hearse
• Contemplation on impermanence of life
• Participants – radiate Loving Kindness (Metta)

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• 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?

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• 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