C

hinese

Theravadins

buddhists

follow

the

Indian

custom

of

burning

the

body

at

death.

The

Buddha's

body

was

cremated

and

this

set

the

example

for

many

Buddhists,

even in the West.

When

someone

is

dying

in

a

Chinese

Buddhist

home,

monks

come

to

com-

fort them.

They

chant

verses

to

them,

such

as:

"Even

the

gorgeous

royal

chariots

wear

out;

and

indeed

this

body

too

wears

out.

But

the

teaching

of

goodness

does

not

age;

and

so

Good-

ness

makes

that

known

to

the

good

ones."

Tombstone