Because the soul does not leave the body immediately after breathing stops, family members or the people attending to recite the sutras should speak words of guidance loudly by the dying person's ears, to tell them that death is a natural part of life, and that they should not be afraid or sad, for they are leaving the mortal world of vexation and worry, to enter Paradise.
因亡者氣絕後，心靈未馬上出離，家屬或助念蓮友宜在亡者耳邊高聲開導，告之有生就有死，請亡者不要害怕，不必悲傷，離開煩憂世俗，前往極樂世界。