Funeral Management Models as Appeared in TIPITAKA

Abstract

This research article aimed to present the funeral management model as appeared in Tipitaka from qualitative data collected from the Tipitaka, other academic documents and interviewing 4 key important monks. The data were analyzed and summarized by descriptive analysis methods. The results were found that the funeral management model in Tipitaka consists of 4 models as follows:

• The Lord Buddha's Cremation Event: The crematorium was erected, his corpse was bathed with perfumes and dressed with a new cloth, his body was moved through the northern streets of the city and the center to the east gate, the monks walked around the crematorium and bowed at the feet of the Buddha's corpse, and the fire was automatically lit and cremated.
• The royal burial ceremony of the King, such as King Suthodhana, consisted of listening to the dharma before death, using the death as the area to teach Dharma to the relatives of Buddha, cleaning the body with perfume, putting the body in glass coffins and merit making for the dead.
• The funeral management model of the nobleman consisted of doing good before death, preparing a place for guests to attend, worshiping flowers with flowers and dancing of angels, a play called Sadhu Kiḷa, making a crematorium with fragrances, cremation with vetiver grass and pagoda formation to contain bones.

4) Funeral management model for ordinary people consisted of using the body as a Dharma media to test the mind and progress in Dharma practice and cremation of the deceased.