Khon Kaen: Temple offers free coffins 24/7 helping the bereaved in tough economic times

[webfact]

Sanook Thai Caption: Helping the bereaved

 

Sanook reported on a temple in Khon Kaen, NE Thailand where the monks have been running a free coffin service for poor people.

 

Phra Ajarn Phanthawat, deputy abbot at Wat Pa Phutthayanrangsri in Phra Lap sub-district, said that this was the fifth year of the project called "Your Last Home".

 

There were no conditions attached. But one stipulation - relatives had to pick the coffin up themselves or clearly identify where it should be delivered. 

 

This was to avoid any possible mischief making.

 

The temple orders 50 from the coffin makers for each batch. 

 

Apart from the coffins the bereaved are also supplied with a white sheet to wrap the body, joss-sticks, candles and other funeral paraphenalia. 

 

It all comes to 3,500 baht value - vitally important especially in these tough economic times. 

 

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[ChaiyaTH]

In a few years they will have a guy doing it from Hemp and reducing costs drastically. They always go into the oven within days here at the temples anyway, so great solution.

 

Even better if they could use the leftovers on the fields they burn to form into some building material. 

[Burma Bill]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

the project called "Your Last Home".

With due reverence and respect, I had to post this photo of one of Hong Kong's "coffin cubicles" -

 

[JeffersLos]

Cheery. 

[JeffersLos]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

the monks have been running a free coffin service

Is this like that American Gangster movie, only the odd coffin is stuffed full of Louis Vuitton handbags and yaabaa? 

[The Hammer2021]

As one Covid-19 sufferer said to the other- it's not the cough that carries you off- it's the coffin  they carry you off in.

[PETERTHEEATER]

1 hour ago, The Hammer2021 said:

As one Covid-19 sufferer said to the other- it's not the cough that carries you off- it's the coffin  they carry you off in.

"I say, I say, I say. My dog's got no nose"

"How does he smell?"

"Terrible"

[khaowong1]

3500 baht, approx. $100 bucks USD, can you even imagine what that would cost in the US?  Of course it's really cheaply made, but if it's just going in the oven, who cares?