all dead matter is food for live creatures,

all dead matter is food for live creatures,  Let's observe nature for insects, bacteria, worms ,  a manure to trees, plants so this teaches man to leave the dead body to decay  in the most natural way ,  but taking the care that living beings , men , animals  do not decay in the process attacked with diseases to me this suggests that burning deprives food to lowest creatures. so alternatives , natural , in order of merits 1 best to allow it to nature to dry or wet by air sun rain and putrefy and feed to vermin s----if you can afford, without damage to environ  2 leave it in seas oceans, rivers , streams, to be eaten by water creatures 3 bury ,but not in stony, not very deep where life cannot exist,DELETE

4 cover with enough loose earth on a plain ground , not a deep ditch , so that ventilation exists for creaturesDELETE

 

5 burn , if you cannot do aboveREPLYDELETE
6 in any case avoid the foolishness of just being ritualistic, without knowing deep significanceRYDELETE

 

This issue needs some free mind to look fresh, and expertise of ancient knowledge truly, not sentiment