[Warnebald]

Very Odd, they left out the barbeque sauce

[ohnougotme]

i would like the vultures to pick every morsel of meat off my bones on top of a barren hilltop.

[simon1105]

Hindu consider the heat of fire to be the final purifier after water -the second purifier. When human is dead, his soul exist for some time near to his belongings. Hindus perform rituals up to 13 days further also so as to get the soul to peace. As soon as soul loose the contact with body, it also looses all the sensations and emotions attached to its existence in present life. Still an attachment to his belongings remains. This goes in tandem with the philosophy that the embodied soul casts away old and takes up new bodies as a man changes worn-out raiment for new.
According to Hindu Beliefs, when a person dies, his soul lingers around near the relatives, the body, and his materialistic possessions. They also believe that some rituals need to be performed, for the soul to break the bond with the body, and start a new life elsewhere. Often, we wonder why Hindus burn or cremate the body, instead of burying it. The answer lies in the belief, that by burning the body, the soul does not feel the physical association with the body anymore, which it could have, had the body been buried.

[Sharon]

My aunt and uncle went to India and they watched Hindu cremations. They said it stank but were fascinated!