Buddhist Prayer For The Dead Quotes

Absolutely,’ I said. ‘I agree. I’ll sign us up to a Buddhist prayer retreat in Sikkim first thing.’ Three days of that, vegetarianism and chanting and dead bodies decaying on the hillside and prayer flags fluttering in the fucking wind, and he’d be begging to go back.

For entertainment there was a stereo. Each morning after the Sherpas had burned juniper and chanted their Buddhist prayers, Robin Williams roared “Good Morning, Vietnam!” across the camp, blasting us from our sleeping bags. The rest of the day was rock and roll, plus Indian music from the cooking tent. We had a couple of parties, for which we broke out the beer. Some people ended up dancing on our dining tent’s stone table. It wasn’t a mosh pit, exactly, but not unlike one. There were also theme-night dinners, when the food and its preparation and everyone’s dress were supposed to complement one team member’s salient characteristic.

In the sixth month of 649 the Emperor’s condition suddenly worsened. Xuanzang moved into the palace and, as Taizong neared the end, the traveller monk was close by his side, chanting his mantras. But despite the prayers and the power of Xuanzang’s much venerated Buddhist relics, Taizong continued to sink. He was dead before the end of the month.12