Can we eat rice for the deceased?

If our relatives are reborn as a human after death, the worship and commemoration of death anniversary on the human world is just a tribute to them and it is just a meeting between family members.

Question:  Teacher, I am the eldest son in the family, so I have to take care of ancestors and grandparents, but I always have a question that if I offer rice to my ancestors, can they eat? ? For me, I have always thought that commemoration of death anniversary is essential to express gratitude to the ancestors. So you can answer this question for me to be clear. Thank you teacher

If our relatives are reborn as a human after death, the worship and commemoration of death anniversaries on the human world is just a tribute to them and it is just a meeting between family members. Illustration

Answer:  Offering rice to a deceased, whether it is edible or not, there are also many uncertainties in the real offering. Buddhists should understand that if your ancestors reincarnated in another realm, who will eat the rice offering? The more they look forward to the enjoyment of their descendants, the more they lose their merit, so why not do the dedicating merit (giving, offering, serving, liberating, observing the precepts, taking meditation ...) for them to rejoice That of descendants that soon super born?

If our relatives are reborn as a human after death, the worship and commemoration of death anniversaries on the human world is just a tribute to them and it is just a meeting between family members. The deceased also went to be reborn according to his karma, creating a new life in the birth. If in the human realm, there are many precious blessings, life will also be peaceful, happy, lack of blessings, then life will be difficult and long.

If you know how to make use of this short time while remaining in this world to create good things, practicing Dharma is a great opportunity for those who have been and are on the path of eliminating suffering towards high happiness. upper.

To be reborn as a human is a great blessing thanks to the help of good karma. If a deceased relative is reborn in the human realm, this is a precious opportunity to create good karma and merit and practice. Because the human body is difficult to obtain, achieving long life and acquiring health and wisdom are also a kind of triumphant merit.

Therefore, if you know how to make use of this short time while being in this world to create good things, practicing Dharma is a great opportunity for those who have been and are on the path of eliminating suffering towards noble happiness.