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funerals

pearl

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I love funerals. Almost all kinds of funerals I know.

They are actually for the living, not the dead. Time to gather and share the grief and celebrate together. But they have also evolved into big business.
 

Aupmanyav

Be your own guru
Funerals are times when people turn temporally philosophical. In Hinduism, this is known as 'Smashan Vairagya' (the Asceticism of the funeral ground).
 

Vee

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
How come?

Because funerals are not exactly happy occasions. I've never attended a funeral that I liked. I've been to several to pay my respects and support the family but all I wanted was for it to be over so I could go home.
 

Aupmanyav

Be your own guru
In Delhi, if the funeral is being held in the Mahabharata times funeral ground, Nigambodh Ghat, it is the normal practice of myself and my brothers to have a cup of tea while the pyre is being prepared (myself first because I am the leader).
Because funerals are not exactly happy occasions.
They are not happy occasions, but they are also not sorrowful occasions. They are sort of normal, will happen with all people.
 
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