I heard (I think taoist point of view) lah.....during cremation where coffin pushes in the burner, family have to shout out the name of the decease to ask him to come out.
2) Cremation will make the decease buring hot, he will feel hot and get burn, I mean in his soul.
Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:
3 Rs of protecting the environment-Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Just recycling the body what.
This is actually a good idea, especially in remote regions of Tibet.
However I'm not sure if Singapore allows it, for hygiene and other reasons.
I think majoirty of the sporean prefer burial or cremation.
There is also sea burial, saw it in the tv. And Govt actually approve it.
I have always entertained the idea of my body being cut in pieces and left to rot and then used as fertiliser! Wonder the fruits fertilised by me will taste? Ha! Ha!
Natural burial is not normal burial, they wrap your body with decompostable cloth and lay you to rest with no tombstone.It's more ecofriendly than cremation and is catching on in the west.Besides Buddha never said that we all must follow his way of cremation upon death.
Why buddha never go for natural burial if it's more green?Perhaps his perception went beyond the mundane?
Another interesting burial is by the Aga Bali at Trunyan, Bali
Here's one link;-