Sky Burial In Tibet | Buddhism

Sky Burial In Tibet | Buddhism
Sky burial is a funeral practice in which a human corpse is placed on a mountaintop to decompose while exposed to the elements or to be eaten by scavenging animals, especially carrion birds. It is a specific type of the general practice of excarnation. It is practiced in the Chinese provinces and autonomous regions of Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan and Inner Mongolia, as well as in Mongolia, Bhutan and parts of India such as Sikkim and Zanskar.
The locations of preparation and sky burial are understood in the Vajrayana Buddhist traditions as charnel grounds. Comparable practices are part of Zoroastrian burial practices where deceased are exposed to the elements and scavenger birds on stone structures called Dakhma. Few such places remain operational today due to religious marginalisation, urbanisation and the decimation of vulture populations

[@iamwhatiam8261]

It is a realty that Body without soul is not any use... atleast it has ability searving bird like Veltures.... Great philosophy.... Need to survive and spread this tradition ......

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

True

[@TotoToto-nw5pf]

في الاسلام حتى الميت مكرم ولكن هذا الفيديو مقرف ومقزز ولا يحت علي الانسانية

[@davidmickles5012]

​@@TotoToto-nw5pf But without the spirit or soul, the body is nothing but meat and bone. That is very respectful of the dead - which is respectful of the soul

[@komolkovathana8568]

Vel-ture ; very Well - literature.

[@lst_sul2118]

Body parts can also be donated. Donating eyes and other useful organs after death can benefit other humans. Isn't it?

[@mehrbani-dd]

I love the people of Tibet, the people of Tibet are very wise, kind and beautiful, man is an animal like thousands of other animals in nature, heaven and hell, and the gods have been the biggest deception in the history of the world. so that they can easily have all the lives and wealth of the people under their control, I am an Iranian and I am very much in love with the civilization and culture of the beautiful country of Tibet, I am proud of you❤

[@M10616]

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[@saudiphilippines]

Many people here find sky burials disgusting because their worldview is limited, only considering cremation and traditional burial as acceptable methods of handling the body after death. I argue that sky burials are a more compassionate way to handle the body after death. In sky burials, the vultures are fed, which are seen as lower beings. In Buddhism, it is believed that by sacrificing yourself for lower beings, you can achieve a higher state of life, benefiting both yourself and those you have sacrificed for. Not only that, but sky burials may also be more compassionate than cremation and regular burial. With regular burial, the ceremony is done with very sad emotions, and oftentimes after burial, the body is only left there to rot. With cremation, you are basically burning the corpse to ash, and it could be seen as cruel and disgusting. But with sky burial, it is done with a solemn yet hopeful tone, and you also help the vultures whether they need any help or not.

[@ladybluegrass4173]

I think the only part of this that bothers me is to see them carry around pieces of it to give to the birds, it feels unsanitary to me. I'm sure it was cleaned well and I'm only bothered by it bc of my upbringing. It's much better than burial or burning the body.

[@gao1812]

Beautiful act of generosity and unattachment to the body. ❤

[@1user1212]

Hi, our practice of sky burial is related to our religion and beliefs. We believe that our bodies are mere container for this human life and when we die, our conscience (spirit as some call it) leaves this body and goes to another container (whether human or animal or a demi-god or god - all depending on our merit “karma” of this life and our past lives). This is what you normally call as reincarnation. That’s why the body is not important and thus our ancestors believed it best to make it useful by feeding animals who need food just like how we need food. Therefore, there was nothing unusual about it, but I understand the actual chopping of these dead bodies is pretty grisly to see, but then that’s why sky burials are done by a certain group of people (for generations) and completely away in a remote place like the mountaintops so people won’t have to see it. So, if you overcome the grisly imagery of this ritual, it’s otherwise a benevolent and the final act of kindness of this person to benefit another being - vultures in this case :)

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

Thank you so much for your valuable insight about Sky burial as the Buddhist traditions.

[@AyanKhan-hs1hy]

Allhamdulillah I am Muslim ❤ Allah hu Akbar 👆

[@Jasbarkaati]

Alhamdulillah ❤

[@mojahedpanahi]

This kind of funeral is a tradition of ancient Iranians followed by Iranian trips known as sakas. They were living in Northern areas from north Europe to the northern parts of India, some parts of China. They used to make some hills with under earth rooms for burning their lost ones. Then Zarathustra 's age came across and their traditions changed. Buddha's name , who was from the same tribe is shakyamoni , which means : the Wiseman of the sakas. So these are all more complicated !! By the way : the origin of these all has a name ! It's polite to mention people's name when talking about them. Iran.

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

thank you so much for shading lights on about sky burial.

[@soulbeats135]

i dont think its barbaric. i respect this and think it is fascinating

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

Indeed not if u understand the basic Buddhism

[@subak0824]

Kaya pala ang lulusog ng buetre jan 😮😮😮

[@saimawaseem9918]

proud to be A muslim Alhumdullilah

[@takashimizutani1808]

Beautiful respect of nature 🙏🏾

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

Indeed

[@user-zb2ul5pm6q]

Om🌹 Mani🌈 Padme 💕❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💫❤👐🌍👐🌹✨🛐

[@aamirbajracharyashakya6678]

Proud to be Buddhist☸️☸️☸️☸️☸️i'm from the birthplace of lord buddha Nepal🇳🇵

[@Phoenix6Arizona]

Study islam ☪️

[@user-iz3ce9mo6j]

Savage people stop this inhumane behaviour

[@samizaidi5387]

Allah is god enough

[@hoorkhan7049]

Please read Quran once in your life. You can read it it's not for Muslims only.

[@pawantamang5147]

Dhewa chendu kyewar shyo🙏🙏🙏

[@whocontrolthesenses]

Good

[@islamichanall]

Alhamdulillah im Muslim

[@ikramsaeed7456]

Alhamdulillah sab se acha Deen Deen a islaam

[@IronMan-bg2cj]

Kyu ? Sabka apna apna mannata hai. Kitne jahil ho Islam k chakkar meh.. matlab Jo Islam k motabik Nehi hai woh sab galat or tum sahi ho..isiliye tum logo ko jahil kaha jata hai.

[@ikramsaeed7456]

@@IronMan-bg2cj mujy ap ke moun ni lgna mere Liye yehi kaafi he ke aap ko mere comments se takleef huwe Or han g Jo b Islam main he wo sab mazhab se Afzal or behtar he

[@princeji9759]

Such a selfish thought be a human first, then follow the path of allah.. Has allah ever disrespected other religions or cultures. The answer is no ..because you are a immature humanbeing. Who is thinking whatever you siad is right . If you truly believe in allah be a good human fist & respect all culture and creatures@ikramsaeed7456

[@user-tp1wd8to6f]

Nice 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

[@Hemanga_Das]

If we can eat animals meat than why not they ours?

[@mozikharmonika]

لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله

[@dr.nandishpurli4074]

In Tibetan shaivism too last rites are performed in same way not burial...but they return "asthi" after feeding to family.. as proof of burial and further leaving them in rakshas sar...

[@tiagoreis9934]

Beautiful.

[@norbu9teen594]

Wow

[@digvijaymanepatil2383]

Om namah shivay

[@chandrika-et1dd]

🙏🏻🌺🌼

[@ladybluegrass4173]

Is this where catacombs come from?

[@pempawongdibhutia3298]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@TojiFushigoroWasTaken]

Pretty good way for burial....how long will it take for the vultures pick everything to the bone. Will they completely clean everything in a single go or does the body have to be left in the open for say 3 days or something like that

[@M10616]

Apenas 15 minutos já estará só ossos.

[@binrashid8671]

Pretty good?

[@user-tp1wd8to6f]

Om mane pedme hung

[@danielren7884]

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[@DrOtto-sx7cp]

0m mani padme um 🙏🌹

[@kennethhickman8325]

I respect ones beliefs. I myself do not want my remains to end up in a box in the ground. I have seen where graves ended up with buildings on top. With cremation my atoms will be dust and a part of this world forever but with due respect, To end up being bird crap coming out of a birds ass on a rock, I just don't get it

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

Indeed sky burial have more deeper meaning

[@araara4746]

This involves the belief that even after becoming a corpse, it can still be meaningful for the survival of other creatures. In any way, whether cremated, buried or eaten by animals, all will become soil.

[@WaMo721]

atleast they will get some hunger relieve....this is your ego thinking u r superior to a bird

[@kennethhickman8325]

No sir. Not superior. But not in the same league with an animal with a brain the size of a pea.@@WaMo721

[@KhanG-w8o]

i like islam❤❤❤❤ im proud to islam

[@Beojang-rm8es]

Why we do sky burial? buring our life we do attach so much on our body.you can see some time we try to make our body white and some times black, fat or thin. Because of those desire we spend lot of time and resource and other creatures life.We Tibetan think those way of life are unreasonble and unfair for the other creature and other living who live together with us and srounding and interdependent.Interdependent is one of our Buddhism view,so we respect to the water and trees and mountains and other creature of animal. we just use them with respect.but never distroy to satisfy our unlimited human desire.Those are way if our ancetors life style and Buddhism Phylisophy and theory for human life.Also we know that after person die, most of their sub concious leave the body in three days.There is also Buddhism Science to investigate weather sub-concious leave or not. After leave from the body then we do sky burial as generosity paramita practice.we do not try to spend wealth for the dead body insteed of that we offer to vulture as do tractice of generosity in some place offer to fish in water and some place under ground to insects. Generosity is one of six practice of Boddisattva. we do not keep it as precious thing.

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

thanks for providing more information about sky burial

[@azzazahmed2460]

الحمد لله على نعمة الإسلام

[@lhakpadolma6213]

Woe

[@ugyendema2775]

🙏🙏🙏🙇‍♀️

[@jigold22571]

💐💐🔥❤️🔥💐💐🙏

[@komolkovathana8568]

This is the way, your last chance to cleanse your karmic past before entering Nirvarna, Lord Buddha 's Heaven. (If you're not Vegetarian/Vegans for 65 years, eating others.)

[@Vlogwithiska]

I am here after reading this on the book

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

glad to know that

[@tenzinsangmo_p2211]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@rafelabelho1159]

Budhism is the most peaceful religion.

[@logicmama4686]

Do Bhutanese also follow this burial rituals?

[@thinleyzangmo4090]

🙏🙏🙏

[@yethamkidolma2463]

ཡག་ག་ལ🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ad6449]

Thank you for sharing this video with us. Which lineage of chod is this?

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

Dudjom

[@kenlumlow6812]

What happened if nobody die ,and what will the scavenger eat

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

Animals

[@AshuUtipsandhacks]

استغفراللہ 😢😢😢،،،،،شکر ہے اللّٰہِ تیرا ہم مسلمان ہیں۔اسلام تو ہمیں راستے میں پڑا پتھر بھی اٹھانے کا درس دیتا ہے ۔تاکہ کسی کو مشکل نہ ھو ،گزرنےمیں۔۔۔۔اسلام بہترین دین ہے ۔

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

Great 👍

[@nashitislam7151]

allaha apka bhaut sukrha hai ki hume islam diya

[@IronMan-bg2cj]

Kisi neh pucha tujhe😂

[@gangabantawa9799]

Iwis it a rituals?unseen burial way the corpose been feed to vultures first time heard n seen

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

Yup it’s a Buddhist culture where they offer the body to the vultures

[@bck70]

What will happen if all the. Death bodies fed to vulture

[@nafisarahman3859]

Alhamdulillah

[@Rexleur45]

This is insain

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

Compassion indeed

[@windioktavia6394]

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[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

Most welcome

[@usamaahmad746]

Alhamdulillah I am Muslim ❤️❤️❤️

[@coloradodadonduty6442]

This looks like the ritual is in Bhutan

[@tseringdawaLama]

could you please upload the full version ?

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

Well we don’t have the full video

[@snpdorjee3847]

Well there is this channel called Tibet Vista on KZbin. Hope it helps.

[@KareemMendoza-o3z]

I heard you dont only give them money but you must also give the overseers whisky.

[@TotoToto-nw5pf]

اكرام الميت دفنه

[@micanikko]

They're honouring the dead by returning them to nature.

[@paulher9099]

To me, even the vultures is freaking me out very disturbing to me sorry.

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

It’s a act of compassion and love

[@saat6000]

A lic lau

[@tseringsherpa8507]

ཀླད་པ་སྟོང་པ་ལས་ཀ་དག་དག་བྱེད་ནས་སྡད་ཡོད་རེད་་་་་དེ་ཚོས

[@teddyatmadi2143]

ISLAM RAHMATAN LILALAMIN 🤲

[@sidyfall9970]

Alhamdoulilahi je suis musulman

[@mrinalkalita269]

What are they feeding to those vultures?

[@nickdavila94]

The bodies of people passed on. This is sacred way of burial.

[@jampathupten3591]

corpse

[@lobsanggyamtso3635]

It’s dead human body

[@emanuelacoperchini6940]

Yes dead bodies

[@user-jm6xn2zl6x]

ويغنولهم تان باه ياكلو مستراحين

[@sandipsingh3230]

Alhumdulliah I’m Sikh .. Islam se b accha deen e Sikhism

[@ignaitedminds9936]

Is this a Vulture?

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

Yup

[@ignaitedminds9936]

@@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila Vulture is extinct in India 🙁 #save Vulture 👏

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

@@ignaitedminds9936 sad to know that

[@CINTAAULIAAZZAHRA58]

G O B L O K 😂😂😂

[@Kukuyo1990]

This is terrifying and disgusting 😢

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

This is compassion but it’s hard to comprehend

[@HirchSara]

اش هذا....لا حول ولا قوه الا بالله

[@boazdoldersum8760]

like als je via don hier bent

[@ForestLife10]

Kitny khobsort jaga h mgr en logo m Allah ny smjhny k salihayt nh rakhi h Allah hidayt dy ameen

[@user-cq1vr1jp8c]

Nahi manna mujhe tumko

[@Jigmeth_bt]

Bhai tumhare eid ke waqt itne gai bakriyo ko marte ho or bade swad se khate bhi ho toh woh janwaro ke upar zulm nhi hai ??

[@miguelangelaleman9019]

No me gustaría ser carroña de los buitres...........

[@margaretam4648]

🤮🤮🤮 omg

[@siasizani4888]

Rubbish

[@francisnmarak224]

grisly act😠👹👺😆👊👊

[@MrTea605]

Have you heard of Jesus the on and only son of God

[@tiagoreis9934]

Show some respect, you barbaric zealot.

[@momuma786]

Thanks Allah I'm Muslim

[@athensmajnoo3661]

Thanks Allah I am not a muslim🙏🙏

[@WaMo721]

no one cares

[@paulher9099]

Sorry, it's a sad culture 😔

[@araara4746]

This involves the belief that even after becoming a corpse, it can still be meaningful for the survival of other creatures. In any way, whether cremated, buried or eaten by animals, all will become soil.

[@WaMo721]

cant care any less of your opinion

[@bangthebullshitbecool7525]

Weird, idiot people...they don't know what they are saying or doing...how cruel is this.

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

this is because you don't understand the view of buddhism

[@saudiphilippines]

It's not really cruel, since the person is already deceased. They're just feeding the vultures with the body, which is seen as a way for the deceased to return to nature. It's a cultural practice that's done with the person's permission and actually helps the local ecosystem. So, it's not as harsh as it may seem at first glance. In Tibet, they don't always choose sky burials - sometimes the rocky, frozen ground makes it the only option. But it's actually a pretty efficient and caring way to lay a body to rest. Plus, it's a cool thought that even after you're gone, you're still giving back in some way.

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

@@saudiphilippines glad that you have learn about buddhism

[@user-tp1wd8to6f]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@logicmama4686]

Do Bhutanese also follow this burial rituals?

[@Bhutan-the-last-shangrila]

Maybe highlanders in the past