1. By: Britney Faulkner

2.  Interview with a 26 year old girl who is from the Indian Culture group and the Hindu religion.  Discussion of life in America compared to extended family living in India.  Discussion of some basics of the Hindu faith

3.  Thoughts on illness  Medical Care and acceptance  Treatment  Denial  Thoughts on terminal illness

4.  Differing viewpoints on Euthanasia  Doing a good deed, fulfilling moral obligation  Disturbing the time cycle of death, affected by Karma  Prayopavesa-fasting  Thoughts on killing (euthanasia, murder, suicide)

5.  Death rites and rituals  Teravih-ceremony  Place of Death  Cremation

6.  Death is not an end  Reincarnations  Moksha  Travel to the next level of existence

7.  Vigil as death approaches  Mantra is chanted, no embalmment or organ donation  Homa fire ritual  Preparing the body  Cremation  Ritual impurity  Bone-gathering ceremony  First memorial  31 st -day memorial  One year memorial  Funeral rites can be simple or complex depending on the customs, means, and ability of the family.  Rites will vary in the Western countries

8.  It is not a “norm” to have extensive grieving  What this does to the body or soul  It is the “norm” to be prepared for death and not to fear death

9.  Hinduism in the Western cultural

10.  Journal articles  Internet resources

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