BUDDHISM.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

+  Prepare incense, lamps, votive paper (so ask the seller to choose the appropriate ones and divide them into parts: enter the shroud, offer rice, caves, spread along the road, lower the acupuncture point, open the code door ..., you just need to tell the seller how much money you want to buy.)

+  Place for coffin, 2 worshiping tables (a Buddha altar, a 'death' table), 2 sets of lampstands, 2 bowls of incense, 2 games, 2 fruit plates, 2 pots of cotton and rice, soup for worshiping rice (vegetarian or savory).

+  Make a list of all the mourners in order from big to small with the following items: Full name, age (according to the lunar calendar), relationship with the dead .. (The teacher will recite the name and mourning in the ceremony. admiration).

+  Hang or paste the VOICE board in front of the house in an easy-to-see position. You can take the Obituary (pre-printed) of the Box Camp, fill in information about the dead, date and time of incarnation, coffin, burial ... Particularly for those families who do not want to receive money. Wreaths, offerings ... then fill in the Obituary. For example: "The family would like to waive the offerings of cigarettes, wreaths and gifts. Thank you".

+  Begin to join the army: The children go in, the boys on the left, the girls on the right. The teacher will recite the sutras (if there is no Teacher, the family can use the radio). The service staff will wear a shroud suit, wrap the shroud ... At this time, the grandchildren are on both sides, the eldest son or grandchild will come to stroke the dead person's eyes (if you do not close it, you can start a fire. the piece of paper is heated and then clawed from above) then raise the dead person's head, together with the staff to "lower the ground" 3 times (raise the corpse horizontally and slowly lower it to the ground), then place it in the coffin smoothly, the head of the dead is lined with a small pillow (made of tea-cloth or clay ..).

+  The burial clothes are often used with white cloth. If the dead person is old, they will cover it with red cloth. Using a lot of cloth is called Dai Diem, using a little cloth called Tieu lem. To ensure environmental hygiene, the camps often use nylon bags to tie the corpse tightly, grabbing two ends of the bag with cloth. Some old clothes of the dead can be put in the coffin (after buttons have been cut off). The empty spaces in the coffin will be filled with tea or with dried jasmine by the burial staff.

+  Descendants come before the first coffin 2 bowing before closing the lid of the coffin. Note: the owner should not be too depressed, avoid letting tears fall into the coffin.
+  In the case of the dead person is frozen, the shrinking person cannot fit inside the Coffin, one can set the fire and gradually straighten the limbs or massage with alcohol, alcohol ... If the body is too big , people often use 2 planks to place on both sides of the coffin and let the body gradually fall down. After the body is seated, cut off the braces of the legs, arms, shoulders, butt ... so that the dead can lie comfortably.

+  Everything is done, cover the coffin carefully, put it in the middle of the house. If there is an older person at home, put it next to it. The burial staff will decorate the lamp, set up the altar of the Buddha, the altar, hang the million leaves (the red cloth is written with grapes from above, the content includes the name, age, address of the dead ...) , put a super earth under the coffin, pour peanut oil into the upside-down super cap, burn the peanut head with a broken heart ... Clean up the bowl including incense bowl, cotton vase, lampstand, fruit, tea wine, a full bowl of rice with a pair of bamboo chopsticks placed in the middle, two dishes of rice on the sides, each with a ban on a chopstick ... Spiritual ceremony: is the ceremony to establish the spirit, the descendants burn incense prostrate. When not buried, we will worship the living and sacrifice, so each time we do only 2 prostrations.

+ The obedience  ceremony: is the funeral ceremony, usually conducted right after entering the temple. The teacher recites the funeral or the descendants will wear the funeral clothes themselves to worship and return the ceremony when the visitors come to visit. Before admitting, if a guest arrives, the funeral director has not yet come to the reception, but the funeral attendant will replace him with a reception and sympathy with the guests. After the new dress was officially released. At this time, friends and neighbors are new to the temple. END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.11/9/2020.