In Hindu traditions, the offering of ‘Agnidah’ to the mortal remains is of vital importance. It is said that after death the dead body should be cremated as soon as possible. If someone dies, traditionally people first tie the toes of the dead body together. This is very important because it will tighten the Muladhara in such a way that the body cannot be attacked by that life again. According to spiritual master Sadhguru, a life that is not lived with the awareness that “this body is not me” will try to enter through any orifice of the body, especially through the Muladhara. Muladhara is where life originates, and it is always the last point of heat when the body is cooling down.
That’s why traditionally, we always say that if someone dies, you should burn the body within a certain time frame, because life tries to get back. It is also necessary for living. If someone very dear to you dies, your mind may play tricks, thinking that maybe some miracle will happen, maybe God will come and bring them back. It has never happened to anyone but still the mind plays because of the feelings you have for that special person. Similarly, the life that has left the body also believes that it can still return to the body.
the science behind cremation
If you want to stop the drama, the first thing to do is put out the fire in the body within an hour and a half. Or they extended it to four hours to make sure the person was dead. But the dead body should be taken as soon as possible. In agricultural communities, they used burials because they wanted the bodies of their ancestors, who are a piece of the soil, to return to the soil that nurtured them. Today you buy your food from the shop, and do not know where it comes from. Therefore, it is not advisable to bury now. In earlier times, when they used to bury in their land, they always used to apply salt and turmeric on the dead body so that it gets mixed with the soil quickly.
The cremation is also good because it closes the chapter. You will see that when there is a death in the family, people will cry bitterly, but as soon as the cremation takes place, they calm down, because suddenly, the truth has sunk in that it is over. This applies not only to the living, but also to the incorporeal beings that leave the body. As long as the body is there, he too is under the illusion that they can get back together.
Importance of Mrityu Sanskar (Excerpts from Mrityu – An Inside Story)
Death rites are not only meant to aid the dead person on their journey, they are also for the benefit of those who are left behind because if this person dies he leaves behind many chaotic lives around us. , then our life will not be good. It is not that the evil spirits will come and catch you. But it will affect the atmosphere. It will psychologically affect the people around. It will also affect the quality of life in the surrounding. This is the reason why every culture in the world has its own rituals for the dead.
Usually, it has a lot to do with arranging some psychological factors of the near and dear ones. In a way, there was also a certain relevance and science behind them. But, perhaps, no other culture has such elaborate methods as the Indian ones. No one has seen death with the kind of understanding and depth that this culture has. Right from the moment death occurs, or even before it occurs, there are entire systems in place to help a person die in the most beneficial way possible. After looking at life from every possible angle, they want to make the most out of everything for liberation or liberation. If death is going to happen, they want to use that too to attain liberation in one way or the other. So they created powerful rituals for the dying and the dead.
Today, these rituals have become even more important because almost everyone on the planet is dying unconsciously without the necessary understanding of the life mechanism within. In the olden days, most people died of infections and diseases. So people created a whole science to help them beyond their bodies. While they were in the body, the people around might not have been able to figure out what the disease was, or the person didn’t get the necessary treatment, or something else happened and died. So at least after his death, they wanted to help him in such a way that he doesn’t stick around for too long and dissolves quickly. This is how the whole science behind these rituals developed. Unfortunately, today, it has mostly become a meaningless ritual being performed without the necessary understanding or expertise.
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