What is sky burial?

The sky burial is a traditional way of Tibetan burial, after the death of the body to the designated location for vultures (or other birds, animals, etc.) to devour, the core of the sky burial is the soul indestructible and reincarnation of the past,

Death is just the indestructible soul and the separation of the body of the old, it is a different transformation of the different space, the Tibetan people respect the sky burial, is to think that take the" skin bag" to feed the vultures is the most noble charity, reflecting the highest level of Mahayana Buddhism Paramitra - the body giving. skin bag" to feed the Hu vulture, is the most honorable charity, embodies the highest state of Mahayana Buddhism Paramita - give up one's body to give charity.

Expanded:

The Maasai, who live in the eastern part of Africa, wash the whole body of the deceased with water after their deaths, and then apply a layer of cream on it, and put it in the center of the house, where the relatives kneel silently around the body to do a day of prayers, and then the elders of the village will lead the way, and all the people will carry the body to the middle of nowhere, and put it there to be devoured by the beasts, and taken by the birds, and eaten by the birds.

This means that the Masaai people are not tied to the land even after death. In India, for example, the Parsis still have a sky burial ceremony. Among the Parsis, "the great majority of the members still believe in Zoroastrianism and maintain their original living customs". In the Zend-Areta, the surviving classic of Zoroastrianism, it is written that the Zoroastrians "place their dead on the tops of mountains infested with birds and beasts, so that the beaks of the birds can be devoured."