Tibetan rituals of death/  Buddhist funerary practices 
Gouin, Margaret 
 - New York:  Routledge,  2010. 
 - 182 p. 
<br/><br/>1 Introduction<br/>Terminology<br/>Transliteration<br/>Inclusive language<br/>2 The sources<br/>Tibetan material<br/>Non-Tibetan material<br/>Buddhism outside Tibet<br/>Bon<br/>3 Before death<br/>4 Immediately after death<br/>Spiritual concerns<br/>Consciousness transference {powa)<br/>Death horoscope<br/>Readings, prayers and bardo guidance<br/>Purification rituals<br/>Offering food to the deceased<br/>Practical concerns<br/>Planning the funeral: the role of the death horoscope<br/>Protection against malignant manifestations<br/>Reparation of the body<br/>Funeral procession<br/>Comments on activities undertaken immediately<br/>after death<br/>Spiritual concerns<br/>Practical concerns<br/>5 Disposal of the body<br/>Burial (disposal in earth)<br/>Immersion (disposal in water)<br/>Cremation (disposal in fire)<br/>Activities at the cremation site<br/>Religious rituals<br/>Conclusion of the cremation ceremonies<br/>Self-immolation<br/>Exposure (disposal in air)<br/>Historical origins and the 'Parsi debate*<br/>Who qualifies for exposure?<br/>Who does it?<br/>How is it done?<br/>Religious observances at the disposal site<br/>Why is it done? 68<br/>Speed and completeness of consumption<br/>Exposure and 'secondary burial'<br/>The charge of cannibalism<br/>'Sky burial' in Western perception<br/>Treatment of remains<br/>From burial<br/>From cremation<br/>From exposure<br/>Bones for ritual use<br/>Hair<br/>Comments on the disposal of the body<br/>6 Special cases<br/>Holy persons<br/>Preservation<br/>Cremation<br/>Remains<br/>Relics<br/>Nobility<br/>Children<br/>Old people<br/>'Bad deaths'<br/>Comments on special cases of disposal<br/>1 Post-disposal rituals of benefit and protection<br/>The transition through the intermediate state<br/>(bardo)<br/>The intermediate state<br/>The 49 Days<br/>Tlie nature of the 'bardo being'<br/>Rituals of benefit<br/>The name-card and the eflSgy<br/>Prayers and readings<br/>Bardo guidance<br/>Purifying the deceased's karma<br/>Severing attachment: cho<br/>Food offerings<br/>Making merit<br/>What if there is no body?<br/>Rituals ofprotection<br/>Protection against the deceased<br/>Protection against the death-demon<br/>The conclusion of the funeral rituals<br/>It depends on what you pay<br/>Comments on post-disposal rituals of benefit<br/>and protection 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415566360 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.3438809515  / GOU/T