Preparatory work - Things to do now.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

@  +  Move the dying person to the main room, usually turning your head east. However, in urban areas, houses are narrow, so people place relatives lying in one of the following two directions:

+ Head turned inside: Vietnamese.

+ Head turns to the street: People of Chinese descent

@  +  Ask if the patient has a moon or not, still looking forward to seeing someone again before leaving?

@  +  Assign guard to always have someone on duty by her side.

@  +  Do prayer ceremonies according to each religion: Catholics have an anointing ceremony (the parish priest comes to the house to do the ceremony), Buddhism has a ceremony to pray for peace, pray for the dying (or be replaced by using tapes, CDs ...).

@  +  Prepare items for bathing and bathing for the dead.

@  +  When a loved one has just passed away, it is necessary to stay calm, try to suppress the pain in order to hold a funeral ceremony.

@  +  Relatives take baths for the deceased by themselves. Unless we are reluctant, we should not let outsiders do it. A deceased relative wipe himself with warm water or alcohol with a clean cloth, and cut his or her fingernails and toenails. Then dress the dead in the most popular clothes or clothes of the Buddha (according to Buddhism) or mantle (according to Catholicism), then place the body on the bed, neatly arrange the limbs (if necessary, take the cord. tie the big toes). Particularly, Buddhist families put a bunch of raw bananas on their stomachs and even add a little rice, a little votive paper, some old coins (according to the rule "Men and women of the family") in their mouths, and hold hand or pocket with the dead person with them.

@  +  In the meantime (not yet shrouded) need to cover up a blanket or mat, let go of the curtain to cover the dead. Temporarily put a child chair in front of the head, on the chair if the family follows Buddhism, put a bowl of rice upside down, an egg, put up a pair of chopsticks on the rice bowl and light incense. If the family is Catholic, put on the chair a piece of cardboard with the name of the dead. Absolutely do not spray perfume on the dead (the scent of perfume is incompatible with the smell of the corpse).

@  +  Clean the house for ventilation, prepare a place to place the coffin, the worshiping table, the reception desk ...

@ +  Quickly make an  application for a burial permit  , submit it to the ward committee at the place of death. (Note: Where died, ask permission to bury there, the person whose name is declared is the person who has the permanent residence in the place where the dead person is), notify the relatives near and far. 

@  +  Meeting with family on how to conduct funerals, determine the time of incubation, caves, burial places, cremations ... Usually family members have to ask more monks (Buddhism ) or Parish Council (Catholic) to determine the most appropriate time.

@  +  Contact  Burial Service Facilities  to choose to purchase Coffins and discuss contracts for other services. END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.11/9/2020.