http://www.hinduwebsite.com/hinduism/h_death.asp
https://www.everplans.com/articles/hindu-funeral-traditions
Death and Afterlife in Hinduism
- Believe in re-brith and re-incarnation
- Souls are immortal and imperishable
- The soul is a part of Jiva a limited being ( a person of impurities and attachment and karma )
- Death is a natural process of existence of Jiva, separate
- Soul is liberated
- Life and afterlife are not permanent
- Recycling resources and energy
- Can't have prejudice, likes, dislikes if one wants to be liberated
- When a person dies his souls leaves the body
- Get reunited with Ultimate God- Brhaman
Sun and Moon Pathway
- Bhagavad-Gita two paths that a soul can travel after death
- Path to the sun is a bright path, known as the path of The Gods
- When a soul travels to the sun it never returns
- Path of the moon is the dark path, the path of the ancestors
- When a soul travel to the moon the soul returns
Suicide in Hinduism
- At one stage was a tradition in Hinduism
- The 'ritual' of suicide was permitted under circumstances
- If one commits suicide they will be bad karma and complicate the liberation and re-brith process
- If a person commits suicide the economy will suffer
- Souls that committed suicide end up in a region called Punnama
The Fate of the Individual person
- His previous deeds
- His state of mind
- The time of his death
- The activities of his children
- The grace of God
Heaven and Hell
- The purpose of heaven and hell is not to punish or reward souls
- The purpose is to remind them of true existence
- Souls to temporarily to heaven or hell
- Jiva goes to heaven
- Soul that fall into hell will experience horrors
- The purpose of heaven and hell is to have balance and impart wisdom and detachment
Funeral Rites
- Hindus are not buried
- Hindus are cremated
- They return to the source of death
- Children below a certain age are buried
- When a person dies, they are given a final bath
- Ashes are scattered in various places
- Preparation begin immediately
- Traditional the funeral begins at dusk or dawn
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