Our family gathered at the Melbourne branch of the Fokuangshan Temple to sit and listen to prayers, as well as chant some sutras we had just learned. Swirling in my head was the image of my father's body disappearing in the fires of the cremation, which took place just a short time before.
我們一家人聚集在當地的佛光山分寺，盤坐聽法，也喃喃念起剛剛學來的經文，腦海還盤旋著前一刻父親的身軀在火燄中消失的影像。