The crematorium – a representation of mystical Mount Meru, where gods reside according to Buddhist and Hindu legends – is likely to be the most impressively ornate structure most Thais will see built ...

Death is a shared commonality of the human condition, yet the rituals that attend it vary significantly across cultures and religions. The one commonality is that while the nature of death itself does ...

Key points The "death positive" movement illuminates the difficult truth that the way we do death (at least in America) is broken. Maranasati is a Buddhist meditation practice that asks us to awaken ...

Historic cemeteries abound from neighborhood to neighborhood, headstones rising out of dry clean-cut grass. One, however, sits about 15 minutes outside of city limits, at the intersection of Jackson ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The funeral for Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is an elaborate, intricately planned event lasting five days. The ceremonies and processions are steeped in Buddhism, tradition and ...