Another interesting article via Precious Metal this time originally from Asahi.com: Bringing Transparency to Buddhist Funerals. Excerpt: "“Religion is not only for mourning the dead. It is also supposed to save the souls of the living” – Daiki Nakashita On the subject of funerals one of our teachers, Rev. Chimyo Takehara, has said before: [When someone dies] we usually say that the deceased has gone back to the Pure Land. What is important, howev … Read More