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Re: Cremation vs. Burial
Macphisto (mgshyam@pc.jaring.my) wrote:
: Pranam!
: I was recently reading an article on cremation and burial. It stated that the
: Hindus were probably the only major religious group to cremate the dead, while
: the others mostly practised burial. The reasons given were that, the
: Christians, Muslims and the other such Judaic religions believed that on the
: Day of Judgement, the dead (those who "believed") would rise from their graves
: and attain salvation while the rest would be damned to hell etc. etc. ,
: whereas the Hindus knew that the body was merely crude matter and that
: cremation was the best way to dispose of it. Salvation was a matter regarding
: the soul, not the body. Does anybody have any further comments to add?
More or less you are correct. I must add however,
that amongs Hindus, while cremation is widely practiced,
bodies are also buried,
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