Coffin donation and the last human right of a decent burial

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Many Buddhists who visit Bangkok will make a coffin donation. You can donate about $20 for the poor to buy a coffin to bury their dead loved one. Some Buddhists will tell you that coffin donation is a form of accumulating merits for a better future. It is like sowing a seed of good karmic act. There are some people who do not agree, and they argue that since a person is dead, he does not really need a coffin. The reason is that the grieving family feels the need to give the departed a decent burial. In fact, it is a last human right. Many poor people in Thailand will approach the temples when they need money to buy coffin for their dead loved one. This is where the money from coffin donations comes in helpful. There are many nameless and homeless people in Thailand too. When they die, the temples will try to give them a decent burial as well. They get the money from coffin donation too. That is why many people go year after year to make coffin donations.