Unusual Burial Practices In Tibet

The practice of burying the dead in Tibet is very diverse with special interpretations of soul and life, not to mention the burial tower, cremation or cremation. Tibet: Isolated at an altitude of 5,000 m above sea level in the Himalayas, Tibet is almost unaffected by outside society. It has a very harsh climate, plus religious reasons for which the Tibetan burial custom is very diverse. However, depending on status, each member of society will be buried in different ways. Funeral This is the most noble and sacred funeral rite in Tibet, exclusively for the Dalai Lamas, The Panchen Lama and the Living Buddha

. When a lama dies, their corpses are drained and marinated in rare herbs, and spread yellow leaves and saffron all over the body. After that, the corpse was transferred to the stupa and carefully preserved for worship. Stupas can be made of gold, silver, copper, wood or even earth This is decided according to the rank of the lama.



The resting place of lamas is in the form of a burial tower. The cremation is seen as less noble than the cremation tower, reserved for the high-ranking monks and the aristocracy. Accordingly, the corpse will be placed on straw and wood to burn. The ashes of the monk are put into wooden boxes or terracotta jars, buried at the top of the hill, a sacred piece of land or carried to the top of the mountain to disperse in the wind or drop into the river. Particularly ashes of the Living Buddha or Lama are often placed in small gold and silver stupas and stored together with ancient Buddhist books and treasures. Tibet, as a way of human offering the body for the last time to heaven and earth, allows the soul to rise and be reborn again. However, cremation is often intimidating because Tibetans bring bodies to the mountain to prey on hungry vultures, and burial is often applied to civilians or wealthy people During the basic funeral, the body was taken to the mountain and the vulture found itself.



As for the rich, the body is washed clean, wrapped in white cloth and prayed by the lamas to bring the soul out of hell. bring it up the mountain, divide it into pieces to facilitate the vultures to do the work. From the Tibetan point of view, the cleaner the birds eat, the more the dead can completely escape. Then, when the birds flew up, their souls followed the bird's wings and flew up into the sky, buried at Larung Gar Buddhist Institute. PHOTO: Tibet Travel. Cremation During water funeral, the corpse is wrapped in white cloth and then released into the river. There are two different views about this form. In popular places of cremation, water burial is considered to be an inferior, specialized way to bury beggars or people with low social status.



In contrast, where cremation is not possible, water burial is widely accepted with sacred and solemn rules. Which funeral ceremony will suit the dead. Accordingly, the corpse will be placed in a wooden box and taken to a cave at an altitude of 50-300 meters above the ground. the lowest form, only applies to carriers or murderers. Cremation has two meanings: one is to eliminate the spread of plague, the other is to punish the dead by sending them to hell..

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