The coffin of the Venerable Chungun Sangwon is placed on a cremation stand, surrounded by firewood and pine twigs that reached the size of a small house. With the signal “Light up the fire!” the cremation ceremony, or dabisik, using the Buddhist term, began. As the fire engulfed the coffin, some followers burst into tears. In Buddhism, cremation is the most preferred funeral rite for Buddhists as well and is reinforced by the fact that the Buddha was himself cremated.