Care of the Stillborn Body from the Perspective of Parents

Abstract

The parents no touching the body of the dead baby within the 8 hours in our study. According to Buddhist doctrine, a dead person should be kept from being moved or touched within the 8 hours following their death; otherwise, they would feel pain and fall into the abyss of evil; meanwhile, the living share Buddhist classics with the dead person so that their soul and spirit are led home. If their body were touched, their spirit would get lost and fail to return home.