INTRODUCTION
🌸 In this deeply compassionate teaching, Master Woo Myung reveals the true meaning of a rite for the dead — not as a ritual of mourning, but as an act of liberation for lost souls.
Souls that have not freed themselves from karma, regrets, and attachments remain bound to the earth, unable to move on.
Through the rite of Truth, such souls are guided to let go of their pain and ascend to Heaven, where their hearts are cleansed by divine light. 🌿
Those who are blessed with descendants who understand and perform this rite are freed from endless suffering, entering into a new Heaven filled with gratitude and peace.
ORIGINAL WRITING BY MASTER WOO MYUNG
Rite for the Dead
Rites are performed
in order to send dead souls to Heaven.
Dead souls live here on the earth
unable to pass on into the other world
due to the karma they had gained while they were alive.
They still live on with worries, regrets, unfulfilled
desires, and greed –
those poor, senseless dead souls!
Allowing them to let go of everything
and then sending them to Heaven
is what a rite for the dead is about.
They lived ignorant of what was what
while they were alive,
and even after having died,
they know not what death is;
they just continue to think that
they are still their living selves –
such poor souls!
Thus they are sent to the new Heaven through the rite.
Truly blessed are the souls that enter into Heaven,
for their unclean minds have been cleansed by
the divine beings.
Before, they did not know where Heaven was,
but those born as ancestors
who were lucky enough to meet the right descendents
are now off to Heaven,
and thus their happiness knows no bounds.
“Thank you, thank you! For my pain is no more!
I will pray for you.
I will pray that you may receive the blessings of Heaven.
Here is where the new Heaven is,
and it is a wonderful place to live indeed.
Raising you has been very rewarding.
So please be well my descendant!
Please be well!”
– Woo Myung
REFLECT AT SANTA CLARA MEDITATION
At Santa Clara Meditation, practitioners learn to free both the living and the departed by discarding the false mind that clings to pain and regret. 🌠
When one cleanses the mind of karma and attachment, one not only brings peace to oneself but also sends light to ancestors and all beings—allowing every soul to find its way to Heaven.
