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What to do/say?
My grandmother has a friend who's father just passed away. In January, his mother passed away. Their family is Korean and their religion is Buddhist. My grandmother is Italian and Catholic. She wanted to know what the proper etiquette is for responding to this. She wants to know what a non buddhist person should do/get and a buddhist person who just lost his second parent. In the past they have done a LOT for my grandparents such as getting them many extravegant gifts and my grandmother just wanted to know what would be an appropriate thing to give them would be. When my great-grandmother passed away they gave my grandmother money. I'm not sure why I'm telling you that, maybe it'll help. If any of you are buddhist, what's the appropriate thing to do?
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Buddists believe in reincarnation, and one thing that is very important to them is for funeral guests to view the body, and bow slightly toward it. The body is usually in an open casket. This is in recognition, and a reminder, of the impermanance of life.
It is also generally considered polite to not visit the house before the ceremony but visitors are encouraged after.
Gifts can take the form of the sending of flowers or a donation to a charity of their choosing, made in the name of the deceased.
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