An undertaker is a person who handles funeral arrangements or funerals. From the ceremony of tying the seals to the cremation of the body at the crematorium
at a temple The person who acts as an undertaker is a monk who is the abbot of Wat Pa Huai Phra, Na Phru Sub-district, Phra Phrom District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province.
Beginning 8 years ago, I had the opportunity to become a temple boy or temple disciple. At this Wat Pa Huai Phra The first time I can remember At this temple there was a funeral. I am one of the temple children What does your teacher do when Sometimes I have to wait to help lighten the burden for you. I volunteered as an assistant to the undertaker. It started with cleaning and sweeping the crematorium when I first assisted him. My hands were all trembling. heart beating very hard Because in the past, I was very afraid of ghosts. Since coming to this temple, the fear gradually disappeared as I understood the meaning of “life” because every life must die No one can escape When the soulless body was burned by fire In the end, only the bone ash was left.
The main duties that I have volunteered as an Assistant Undertaker are:
1. Clean and sweep the crematorium
2. Extinguish charcoal for cremation Why put out the charcoal? If not extinguishing the charcoal It will put at least 1-2 sacks of charcoal, it’s full. If extinguished, it will be able to put 3-4 sacks. Using charcoal for cremation must use raw charcoal that is lumpy. but if it is cooked charcoal used for general cooking will be very wasteful
3. Help you collect bones When it is burned, it will separate the elements to collect the bones into the urns prepared by relatives. As for the ash, it will be wrapped in a white cloth. The next day following the day of burning Relatives will come to pick up the urn to bring to the house.
becoming a volunteer Assistant Undertaker make feel have done good make good because someday it must happen to us Being a volunteer is considered a merit. and can do without fear