After death, while the deceased is prepared for the funeral fire, the monks continue to chant to help the good energies of the deceased be released from his fading personality. The monks come with the family to the funeral. The family and all their friends donate food and candles to the monks. Goodwill is created from these gifts, and goodwill is believed to aid the lingering spirit of the deceased person. While other Buddhists perform sky burials, in which a corpse is torn into pieces and left in sacred places to be eaten by vultures. Buddhists believe that the soul is immortal and that the body is just a shell that contains the spirit. They believe that it is better for another creature to benefit from the body, rather than to let it rot ("K-Dean, Funeral Traditions in