Return to Nature: A Philosophical Analysis of the Theory of Death in Tibetan Sky Burual

Philosophy and Culture 27 (3):242-256 (2000)
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Faith in Tibetan were subject to burial practices about death as it is unique. This paper tries in the East as well as with other Chinese cultural comparison reveals the burial culture of Tibet and its mysteries and essence of the concept of death, and its not the subjective views of the objective results. The so-called oriental funeral culture and teach about death is based on India and other major Confucian and Taoist and Buddhist ideology, and the derivative of the local religion and customs. The type of people in the funeral of death in the natural birth of the different perceptions that about death. About death is the theoretical basis for funerals, and burial is about death way of practice. Oriental about death being affected by the environmental management of natural and social conditions posed by the general cultural background, that is, geographical, religious, political, economic and other comprehensive factors; it can be divided into the same concept, concept of nothingness, the reincarnation concept, concept of destiny, eternal life concept, nature, righteousness concept, hierarchical, view of suicide, rebirth concept, greed and outlook. Tibetan Buddhist literature on the death of a detailed and profound study, which reveals the concept of death, the death of ontological, cognitive significance, the ethical significance, aesthetic significance and causal significance. With the Chinese nation, but obviously different Tibetan traditions, although both have a certain edge binding and a long historical association. In the funeral culture, Tibetan, have shown vastly different characteristics. Believe in Tibetan burial funeral culture concept, funerals concept, eliminate dead concept, no ancestral concept, in situ view. Tibetan funerary culture compared to the former than with the man-made, utilitarian, and heavy physical system, while the latter has a more natural, rustic detached and spiritual pursuit, any funeral culture and outlook are related to the death of a nation's entire natural living conditions and economic activities, as well as on the basis of their produce in the world, religion and values ​​to adapt. A particular way for the adoption and follow the funeral, but also some kind of learning to adapt to the development of long-term psychological outcome. Growth of the Tibetan people on the roof of the world can be said that the human community from the sky recently. Tibetan sky burial death concept is based on Tibetan Buddhist and Bon both on the basis of justice. Tibetan people generally believe that the soul from the body shell must be thoroughly we can achieve the purpose of heaven. Tibetan concept of death in the burial of the objective results are: death as a form of conversion of material existence, into one of the most beneficial form of reasonable protection of the funeral, funeral forms the most savings. There are a variety of burial and cultural prejudices or customs, see: First, discrimination, and second, adventures, and the third is tolerance. The subjective views of the burial culture of heaven, but its effect is the most thorough and objective and detached manner the body back to nature. If you put aside cultural biases, psychological barriers, the objective constraints and the amount of certain technical level, in a certain sense, the burial of all types of funerals, the most reasonable and best way to human development

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