The origin and significance of heavenly burial In the Yushu Tibetan area, there is a strict and sacred procedure for heavenly burials. This funeral custom has a history of thousands of years and has rarely changed.
Normally, before dying, the local living Buddha or monk should be asked to read the sutra; after death, they should also read the resurrected sutra to let the soul go to the pure land. At the same time, the animal skin clothes on...