[UA] Self-mummifying monks

[John Tynes]

 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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