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ne^ssary service is ^^^^^^^ ^.^t^ ^^hf ^rS 

 :nd hi Stt Level's sIo^^V", InTthen additional expense must be 



^"TtrSv-igrt'jsrrr^^^^^ W an espedal ^ of 

 i3etoie remov ^^j.^^^.^^J^.i^^ing cooked pork and drink of sorts, 



Eemoval of corpse. ^^^ ^^^ before tlio body of the deceased. And a 



lama Dresenting a " scarf of honom' " to the corpse thus addresses i_t:- 



l<?ouMand\ere the deceased's name is stated) now have received 



-from your relatives all this good food and drmk; partake freely of 



- tsSsence, as you won't have any more chances ! For you must under- 

 "stand that you have died, and your spirit must be gone from here, 

 " and never come back again to trouble or injure your relatives Re- 



- member the name of your spiritual lama-teacher (rtsa-wailama), 



- whkh7s . . . . and by his aid take the right path-the ^hite one. 



''^Sfth7iLa! with a thigh-bone trumpet in the one hand and a 

 inentne 'j^^^^.^.^j^ °in the other, and takmg the end of a 



The funeral pro- j^^^ ^^iHe scarf, the other end of which has been 

 cession. ^.^| ^^ ^^^^ corpse, he precedes the carrier of the 



corpse blowing his trumpet and beating the drum and chanting a 

 Sv hI fiequently looks back to invite the spirit to accompany 



le bo^dy which he assures it is being led in the right direction. And 

 the corjse-bearer is followed by the rest of the procession, some bear- 



nrrefSmients, and last of all come the weeping relatives The 

 ceremony of guiding the deceased's spirit is only done for the laity- 



he TiSn^s of'decealed lamas are .credited -^^h a knovvled^e of the 

 nroner path, and need no such instruction. Ihe body is usually 

 ?Irried to the top of a hillock for burial or cremation The scarf 

 usedln the funerial procession may probaby represent he Clunese 

 r?.-/a« or "soul's banner," which is earned before the coffin in 

 China. 



Expelling the Death-Demon. 



The exorcising of the death-demon is one of the most common 

 ihe gj_^^.^ ceremonies. It is entitled Za-de-kha-gyur, 

 Exorcising the ^^ "The turning away of the face of tlie eating 

 death-demon. ^^^.^ „ ^. ^ (< rpj^g expulsion of the Eating or Death- 

 demon " It is always done after a death, within two days after the 

 Removal of the corpse, in order to expel from the house and locality 

 the demon who caused the death. 



' Za./tdre-kha «gyur. 



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