Buddhism : Critical Concepts in Religious Studies, Vol. VI

TANTRIC BUDDHISM (INCLUDING CHINA AND JAPAN)

On the 5th day, for the heart; 6th for hand; 7th for stomach; 8th for sense

faculties/organs ...

... On the 9th day for the leg; 1Oth day for hair, nails. If the 10 are com-
pletely done [the dead one] will be complete in manifesting [new] body parts.
36. Eleventh day 'piQ<Ja piija'
Again, on the lith day, the ekiidasi pif:u;las are given. When this is done, [the
dead one] will take birth in one of the 4 [human] yon is.

3 7. [Other} 'piQ<Ja' rules

Again, in the name of the dead one at I 1/2 months, at 3 months, 6 months the
pil;rja dana sraddha will be done.
After one year the same pi!J4a dana must be done in the dead one's name.

38. The 'lina piQ<Ja'

For this sraddha to be done, there must be 3 generations. If it is a man, the

man's father, and grandfather, and great grandfather will be offered pil)qa. If it

is the mother who died, the mother, grandmother, great grandmother. In this way

we bind together the 3 generations and do puja to the Buddha, Dharma, and

Srupgha and take refuge in the Triratna together.

For the man whose son is dead and whose father is alive, he need not do !ina

sraddha.

We do !ina sraddha equally well in a house, in the mountains, at a firtha, or a

very holy place. When doing sraddha, one must wear suitable clothes for

worship and the food, etc. must be fitting. If the food is impure or the clothes are

bad, do not offer [them]. At the time of sraddha worship use only good, fine,

pure things together.

39. Regarding the priest
    To do sraddha, what kind of guru is needed? He is one living in good
    society; he must have a good soul, control over his sense organs, not be talkative
    or greedy, and one who is easily satisfied. He knows all of the rites; is willing
    to donate his time for free; he is pure (suci). Those type of priests with
    these traits [should be called] to do the sraddha. If such types do the
    sraddha, then a very good result follows and the dead person will be completely
    satisfied.
    In doing the sraddha, if one retains a priest who has an evil soul, always chat-
    ters, eats excessively, is unsatisfied, not clean, and quarrelsome: with the such a
    priest, don't do sraddha. If he is [evil] like this, [we know] that in and pitrloka,
    having been unsatisfied, the dead one will return [to the house] go to hell.