A funeral for the living?
That’s what’s happening in Thailand — people are flocking to a Buddhist temple where they seek a fresh new life in which they have left all their cares and worries of the past.
As described in an article in the September 27, 2008 The New York Times (”For a Fee, a Thai Temple Offers a Head Start on Rebirth” by Seth Mydans), ”Nine big pink coffins dominate the grand hall of the temple, and every day hundreds of people take their turns climbing into a few moments as monks chant a dirge. Then, at a command, the visitors clamber out again cleaned — they believe — of the past.” This just takes a few minutes, a small fee, and the people are supposedly reborn. One person who sought luck in business and relief for his aching back and knees said, ”If I lie down in the coffin, it will give me a new lease on life.”
What do you think about this? Would you want to be reborn, too? How, if at all, would you want to change your life? Please write to us and share your thoughts.

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