Sky burial and cremation appeal to me the most because the idea of something that looks just like me but is no longer me hanging around seriously ooks me out. Also, those vultures are really beautiful. I guess the less spiritual North American version would be to be “thrown to the wolves” - an idea that’s appealed to me ever since I realized that my body would need to be disposed of some day. claudinegossett: via 2.bp.blogspot.com Sky burial was once a common funerary practice in Tibet wherein a human corpse is cut in specific locations and placed on a mountaintop, exposing it to the elements or the mahabhuta and animals – especially to birds of prey. The location of the sky burial preparation and place of execution are understood in the Vajrayana traditions as charnel grounds. In Tibet the practice is known as jhator, which literally means, “giving alms to the birds.”

Sky burial and cremation appeal to me the most because the idea of something that looks just like me but is no longer me hanging around seriously ooks me out. Also, those vultures are really beautiful.

I guess the less spiritual North American version would be to be “thrown to the wolves” - an idea that’s appealed to me ever since I realized that my body would need to be disposed of some day.

claudinegossett:

via 2.bp.blogspot.com

Sky burial was once a common funerary practice in Tibet wherein a human corpse is cut in specific locations and placed on a mountaintop, exposing it to the elements or the mahabhuta and animals – especially to birds of prey. The location of the sky burial preparation and place of execution are understood in the Vajrayana traditions as charnel grounds. In Tibet the practice is known as jhator, which literally means, “giving alms to the birds.”