Child-Claiming Ceremony! Part III

“Rit… has this coffin been used before?”

“Not yet. The coffin that will be used for the ceremony must be a new coffin. The monk will only bring it out when someone performs the ceremony. The monk is here," Rit said, raising his hand to pay respects to the elder monk who walked with three other monks. When the four monks were already seated, the elder then began to perform the ceremony warding off bad luck by lying down in the coffin. Before the ceremony, the elder monk told the purpose of this ritual to the performer for understanding.

“Before the ceremony, I have to tell you the purpose for you to understand. The lying down in the coffin ceremony is not for warding off bad luck alone. But if it is to convey the absolute truth that in the end, everyone cannot escape death. Moreover, this ceremony is like the practice of dying before death, which you will know how it is while alive. Because if you are already dead, you will never know what it will be like, your death day.”