[UA] Self-mummifying monks

[Haroudo Xavier]

Cool! I must try some kind of self-mummufication some day! :)

[],

Haroudo Xavier

On 6/30/07, John Tynes <john at tynes.com> wrote:
>
> From one of my favorite blogs, the Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher
> Society:
>
>
> http://www.kirchersociety.org/blog/2007/06/27/sokushinbutsu-the-self-mummified-monks-of-japan/
>
> Not all monks who attempted self-mummification were successful. When the
> tombs were finally opened, some bodies were found to have rotted. These
> monks were resealed in their tombs. They were respected for their endurance,
> but they were not worshiped. Those monks who had succeeded in mummifying
> themselves were raised to the status of Buddha, put on display, and tended
> to by their followers.
>
>
> --
> John Scott Tynes
> http://www.JohnTynes.com/
>
>
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