Re: Cremation vs. Burial

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• Subject: Re: Cremation vs. Burial
• From: santhan@ee.gatech.edu (santhan)
• Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 19:09:12 -0400

Common Hindu people are cremated. Cremation is supposed to symbolise the 
breaking of the material bonds that hold the eternal Jiva atma to the 
flesh. Sanyasis (people in the final ashram of life) are typically 
buried because these people are supposed to have mastered their 
senses even in their present human form that the jiva atma leaves the 
body through their skull (Kabala moksha).

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