user19338: This post is relevant to Buddhist Funeral Process
Can i do it online like playing the recorded video as below with nice TV and nice sound system ?
Funeral Chanting - Theravada Buddhism - Pali - Abhayagiri Monastics (+ chanting text)
Q) Effect would be same? Guess it's much better and safe especially in this Pandemic to avoid crowd and putting the monks into risk?

user471: Funeral rituals do not determine whether a dead person goes to heaven or hell.
Instead, their own karma determines their outcome.
The following sutta (SN 42.6) explains this.

Then Asibandhakaputta the headman went to the Blessed One and on
arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As he was sitting
there he said to the Blessed One: "The brahmans of the Western lands,
lord — those who carry water pots, wear garlands of water plants,
purify with water, & worship fire — can take [the spirit of] a dead
person, lift it out, instruct it, & send it to heaven. But the Blessed
One, worthy & rightly self-awakened, can arrange it so that all the
world, at the break-up of the body, after death, reappears in a good
destination, the heavenly world."
"Very well, then, headman, I will question you on this matter. Answer
as you see fit. What do you think: There is the case where a man is
one who takes life, steals, indulges in illicit sex; is a liar, one
who speaks divisive speech, harsh speech, & idle chatter; is greedy,
bears thoughts of ill-will, & holds to wrong views. Then a great crowd
of people, gathering & congregating, would pray, praise, &
circumambulate with their hands palm-to-palm over the heart [saying,]
'May this man, at the break-up of the body, after death, reappear in a
good destination, the heavenly world!' What do you think: would that
man — because of the prayers, praise, & circumambulation of that great
crowd of people — at the break-up of the body, after death, reappear
in a good destination, the heavenly world?"
"No, lord."
"Suppose a man were to throw a large boulder into a deep lake of
water, and a great crowd of people, gathering & congregating, would
pray, praise, & circumambulate with their hands palm-to-palm over the
heart [saying,] 'Rise up, O boulder! Come floating up, O boulder! Come
float to the shore, O boulder!' What do you think: would that boulder
— because of the prayers, praise, & circumambulation of that great
crowd of people — rise up, come floating up, or come float to the
shore?"
"No, lord."
"So it is with any man who takes life, steals, indulges in illicit
sex; is a liar, one who speaks divisive speech, harsh speech, & idle
chatter; is greedy, bears thoughts of ill-will, & holds to wrong
views. Even though a great crowd of people, gathering & congregating,
would pray, praise, & circumambulate with their hands palm-to-palm
over the heart — [saying,] 'May this man, at the break-up of the body,
after death, reappear in a good destination, the heavenly world!' —
still, at the break-up of the body, after death, he would reappear in
destitution, a bad destination, the lower realms, hell.
"Now what do you think: There is the case where a man is one who
refrains from taking life, from stealing, & from indulging in illicit
sex; he refrains from lying, from speaking divisive speech, from harsh
speech, & from idle chatter; he is not greedy, bears no thoughts of
ill-will, & holds to right view. Then a great crowd of people,
gathering & congregating, would pray, praise, & circumambulate with
their hands palm-to-palm over the heart [saying,] 'May this man, at
the break-up of the body, after death, reappear in destitution, a bad
destination, the lower realms, hell!' What do you think: would that
man — because of the prayers, praise, & circumambulation of that great
crowd of people — at the break-up of the body, after death, reappear
in destitution, a bad destination, the lower realms, hell?"
"No, lord."
"Suppose a man were to throw a jar of ghee or a jar of oil into a deep
lake of water, where it would break. There the shards & jar-fragments
would go down, while the ghee or oil would come up. Then a great crowd
of people, gathering & congregating, would pray, praise, &
circumambulate with their hands palm-to-palm over the heart [saying,]
'Sink, O ghee/oil! Submerge, O ghee/oil! Go down, O ghee/oil!' What do
you think: would that ghee/oil, because of the prayers, praise, &
circumambulation of that great crowd of people sink, submerge, or go
down?"
"No, lord."
"So it is with any man who refrains from taking life, from stealing, &
from indulging in illicit sex; refrains from lying, from speaking
divisive speech, from harsh speech, & from idle chatter; is not
greedy, bears no thoughts of ill-will, & holds to right view. Even
though a great crowd of people, gathering & congregating, would pray,
praise, & circumambulate with their hands palm-to-palm over the heart
— [saying,] 'May this man, at the break-up of the body, after death,
reappear in a destitution, a bad destination, the lower realms, hell!'
— still, at the break-up of the body, after death, he would reappear
in a good destination, the heavenly world."
SN 42.6


19338: <p>This post is relevant to <a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/7764/buddhist-funeral-process">Buddhist Funeral Process</a></p>
<p>Can i do it online like playing the recorded video as below with nice TV and nice sound system ?</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n16o2TYpKyQ" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Funeral Chanting - Theravada Buddhism - Pali - Abhayagiri Monastics (+ chanting text)</a></p>
<p>Q) Effect would be same? Guess it's much better and safe especially in this Pandemic to avoid crowd and putting the monks into risk?</p>
 471: <p>Funeral rituals do not determine whether a dead person goes to heaven or hell.</p>
<p>Instead, their own karma determines their outcome.</p>
<p>The following sutta (<a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn42/sn42.006.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SN 42.6</a>) explains this.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Then Asibandhakaputta the headman went to the Blessed One and on
arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As he was sitting
there he said to the Blessed One: &quot;The brahmans of the Western lands,
lord — those who carry water pots, wear garlands of water plants,
purify with water, &amp; worship fire — can take [the spirit of] a dead
person, lift it out, instruct it, &amp; send it to heaven. But the Blessed
One, worthy &amp; rightly self-awakened, can arrange it so that all the
world, at the break-up of the body, after death, reappears in a good
destination, the heavenly world.&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;Very well, then, headman, I will question you on this matter. Answer
as you see fit. What do you think: There is the case where a man is
one who takes life, steals, indulges in illicit sex; is a liar, one
who speaks divisive speech, harsh speech, &amp; idle chatter; is greedy,
bears thoughts of ill-will, &amp; holds to wrong views. Then a great crowd
of people, gathering &amp; congregating, would pray, praise, &amp;
circumambulate with their hands palm-to-palm over the heart [saying,]
'May this man, at the break-up of the body, after death, reappear in a
good destination, the heavenly world!' What do you think: would that
man — because of the prayers, praise, &amp; circumambulation of that great
crowd of people — at the break-up of the body, after death, reappear
in a good destination, the heavenly world?&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;No, lord.&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;Suppose a man were to throw a large boulder into a deep lake of
water, and a great crowd of people, gathering &amp; congregating, would
pray, praise, &amp; circumambulate with their hands palm-to-palm over the
heart [saying,] 'Rise up, O boulder! Come floating up, O boulder! Come
float to the shore, O boulder!' What do you think: would that boulder
— because of the prayers, praise, &amp; circumambulation of that great
crowd of people — rise up, come floating up, or come float to the
shore?&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;No, lord.&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;So it is with any man who takes life, steals, indulges in illicit
sex; is a liar, one who speaks divisive speech, harsh speech, &amp; idle
chatter; is greedy, bears thoughts of ill-will, &amp; holds to wrong
views. Even though a great crowd of people, gathering &amp; congregating,
would pray, praise, &amp; circumambulate with their hands palm-to-palm
over the heart — [saying,] 'May this man, at the break-up of the body,
after death, reappear in a good destination, the heavenly world!' —
still, at the break-up of the body, after death, he would reappear in
destitution, a bad destination, the lower realms, hell.</p>
<p>&quot;Now what do you think: There is the case where a man is one who
refrains from taking life, from stealing, &amp; from indulging in illicit
sex; he refrains from lying, from speaking divisive speech, from harsh
speech, &amp; from idle chatter; he is not greedy, bears no thoughts of
ill-will, &amp; holds to right view. Then a great crowd of people,
gathering &amp; congregating, would pray, praise, &amp; circumambulate with
their hands palm-to-palm over the heart [saying,] 'May this man, at
the break-up of the body, after death, reappear in destitution, a bad
destination, the lower realms, hell!' What do you think: would that
man — because of the prayers, praise, &amp; circumambulation of that great
crowd of people — at the break-up of the body, after death, reappear
in destitution, a bad destination, the lower realms, hell?&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;No, lord.&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;Suppose a man were to throw a jar of ghee or a jar of oil into a deep
lake of water, where it would break. There the shards &amp; jar-fragments
would go down, while the ghee or oil would come up. Then a great crowd
of people, gathering &amp; congregating, would pray, praise, &amp;
circumambulate with their hands palm-to-palm over the heart [saying,]
'Sink, O ghee/oil! Submerge, O ghee/oil! Go down, O ghee/oil!' What do
you think: would that ghee/oil, because of the prayers, praise, &amp;
circumambulation of that great crowd of people sink, submerge, or go
down?&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;No, lord.&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;So it is with any man who refrains from taking life, from stealing, &amp;
from indulging in illicit sex; refrains from lying, from speaking
divisive speech, from harsh speech, &amp; from idle chatter; is not
greedy, bears no thoughts of ill-will, &amp; holds to right view. Even
though a great crowd of people, gathering &amp; congregating, would pray,
praise, &amp; circumambulate with their hands palm-to-palm over the heart
— [saying,] 'May this man, at the break-up of the body, after death,
reappear in a destitution, a bad destination, the lower realms, hell!'
— still, at the break-up of the body, after death, he would reappear
in a good destination, the heavenly world.&quot;</p>
<p><a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn42/sn42.006.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SN 42.6</a></p>
</blockquote>
