832-123723 - Assembly Hall, Funeral Chapel, Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Church, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah, Southwest, USA, North America
832-123735 - Assembly Hall, Funeral Chapel, Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church of Mormons, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, America
911-9196 - A cremation ceremony at the Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva on the banks of the Bagmati River, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
911-9193 - A cremation at the Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva on the banks of the Bagmati River, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
911-9203 - Boys panning in the Bagmati River for gold from teeth and jewellery, after the remains of funeral pyres are tipped into the river, Pashupatinath Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
911-9204 - Family preparing a body for cremation at the Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva located on the banks of the Bagmati River Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
911-9192 - Boys panning in the Bagmati River for gold from teeth and jewellery, after the remains of funeral pyres are tipped into the river, Pashupatinath Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
911-9191 - A cremation at the Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva on the banks of the Bagmati River, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
911-9208 - A cremation at the Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva on the banks of the Bagmati River, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
1113-67576 - Fu Shou Yuan cemetery, cemetery during Ching Ming Festival, prayers for dead, ancestors, family offers food, wine, fruit to the dead people, show their respect, prayer, 5th of April, offerings
1113-67572 - Fu Shou Yuan cemetery, artist, cemetery during Ching Ming Festival, artist Wang Song Yin, 5th of April, sculpture of a tombstone for a former military officer, Bildhauer, sculptor
1196-124 - Purchang (cremation palace) of h.h. Dilgo khyenste. Bhutan. H.h. Dilgo khyentse rinpoche (1910-1991), tutor to present dalai lama revered as of greatest exponents of dzogchen- teachings of great perfection. Khyentse rinpoche®s purchang (cremation palace), satsam chorten, below paro takstang, bhutan, november 4, 1992 never forget swiftly this life will be over, like a flash of summer lightning or wave of a hand. that have opportunity to practice dharma, do waste a single moment on anything else, practice with your energy.oe h.h. Dilgo khyenste rinpoche, heart treasure of enlightened ones my delight in death is, greater than delight of traders at making vast fortunes at, or of lords of gods vaunt their victory in battle or of those sages have entered rapture of perfect meditative absorbtion. So just as a traveler sets on road when time come to go, i will remain in this world no longer, will dwell in stronghold of great bliss of deathlessness. -longchenpa, fourteenth- century dzogchen master
1196-182 - Vultures, drigung. bodies what we most attached to, says of monks. Thats offering ones body carries greatest merit. believe that should benefit other beings at every stage of ones life. After completion of powa ceremony, corpse is traditionally offered to great vultures lammergeiers that frequent charnel grounds. Vultures descend on flayed corpse. Offering bodies to birds is same as reciting mantras. It brings merit benefit to dead person as well as to family friends bring here. While cutting up corpse i to keep a pure compassionate mind. would feel if someone felt cutting up your body. -tomdenla. Tibet
1194-524 - Italy the funeral of pope john paul ii at the vatican in rome, 8th april 2005. Two posters in rome: one for the pope, the other for the communist party
238-5354 - Illustration of suttee, suicide of an Indian wife on her husband's funeral pyre, illustration from the Itinerario of Jan Huygen van Linschoten, the 16th century Dutch traveller, India, Asia
797-3143 - GHANA Tribal People Ashanti Akan tribal members holding staffs wrapped with red cloth attending funeral. Red is the colour of mourning. Asante Color
797-3142 - GHANA Tribal People Group of women carrying babies on their backs at Ashanti funeral dressed in red the colour of mourning. Large mixed crowd in background. Asante Color
797-1638 - GHANA Kumasi Sheep with Ashanti funeral cloth laid out to dry after dyeing red the traditional colour of mourning. Asante Akan people Color Colour
685-1435 - Solar Funeral boat, thought to be at least 4000 years old, in its purpose built museum near the Pyramids, Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa