http://www.buddhanet.net/d_cermon.htm
When it rains it pours wisdom. The link above says a mouthful. It is about death practices (if you've been reading my blog regularly you know I have this thing about death). In particular, the death practices of the Buddhists in Japan. This is a link to a story in the Zen Sect tradition.
Like I said, when you read it, you'll know why I posted to it.
Namaste.