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Mrs. Lee Kuan Yew (inset) passed away and Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and the children and grandchildren gave such beautiful eulogies. I suppose eulogies are not part of a Chinese funeral practice. The founding father of Singapore had said that his maternal grandmother's funeral some 75 years ago had lasted five nights and a professional practised mourner had been engaged to help the family sing her praises and wail and mourn at her departure but these rituals are no longer observed today and his family's sorrow was instead to be expressed in personal tributes to his late wife. I remember the late Australian monk, Rev. Abhinyana talking about eulogies. People always say good and beautiful things during such trying period. When the late Reverend was attending a relative's funeral in Australia, he said he gave a very different eulogy. Instead of singing praises to the departed, he talked about the Dhamma. I think he did say it was a perfect time to preach. Everyone did not just sit up and listen because it was all so unexpected but the audience was extraordinarily focussed.
Mrs. Lee Kuan Yew (inset) passed away and Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and the children and grandchildren gave such beautiful eulogies. I suppose eulogies are not part of a Chinese funeral practice. The founding father of Singapore had said that his maternal grandmother's funeral some 75 years ago had lasted five nights and a professional practised mourner had been engaged to help the family sing her praises and wail and mourn at her departure but these rituals are no longer observed today and his family's sorrow was instead to be expressed in personal tributes to his late wife. I remember the late Australian monk, Rev. Abhinyana talking about eulogies. People always say good and beautiful things during such trying period. When the late Reverend was attending a relative's funeral in Australia, he said he gave a very different eulogy. Instead of singing praises to the departed, he talked about the Dhamma. I think he did say it was a perfect time to preach. Everyone did not just sit up and listen because it was all so unexpected but the audience was extraordinarily focussed.
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