In a Buddhist funeral, the followers of the faith are particular about performing elaborate rites and rituals during the funeral service. Devout Buddhists believe that the soul is given liberation from the worldly cycle of life and death from the deceased’s mortal body during the funeral ceremonies and is allowed to find a new level and move to a higher plane of existence.

Monks are invited to perform the ceremonies and rituals during a Buddhist funeral, which typically ends with cremation. The underlying positive energies are released from the soul by the chanting of the correct sutras by Buddhist monks who read from the religious books. While the chanting continues, the deceased is made ready for the funeral and for visitors to pay last respects, so that there is no decomposition even if the final rites are delayed. After washing the body, it is put in a casket with candles, bouquets, fragrant incense and a picture of the deceased person.

When the final rituals are deferred to allow far away relatives to arrive for the last glimpse of the deceased, monks visit the home everyday to read and recite from the Buddhist religious scripture Abhidharma.

On funeral day, monks go through the final rites and the chief monk expresses his condolences to the family and speaks words of consolation to them along with homage to the dead person remembering his life. Other rites like wrapping a white cloth around the coffin during the religious invocation and Pansakula, a ritual of delivering virtues and blessings to the soul of the deceased are also carried out.

Before the cremation takes place, a close member of the family is asked to say something about the departed individual. After the cremation, a light feast is arranged for the people assembled at the funeral.

A great number of people in Thailand, Tibet, China and a few other Asian nations with a large Buddhist population follow the Buddhist funeral system with some variations based on the local customs.

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