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200 year old mummified Buddhist monk is 'still alive'
Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:30 pm
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Scientists in Mongolia are examining a 200-year mummified monk who some Buddhists believe is still alive because he is in a deep meditative trance.
The preserved body of the monk, sitting in the cross-legged lotus position, was discovered last week, covered in cattle skin, in the Songino Khairkhan district of the capital, Ulan Bator.
The ash-coloured mummy has reportedly been sent to the National Centre of Forensic Expertise in Ulan Bator for further study.
Gankhüügiin Pürevbat, the founder of the Mongolian Institute of Buddhist Art at Ulan Bator Buddhist University, told the Siberian Times, a news website: “The lama is sitting in the lotus position vajra, the left hand is opened, and the right hand symbolises of the preaching Sutra.
'This is a sign that the lama is not dead, but is in a very deep meditation according to the ancient tradition of Buddhist lamas”.
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Some experts on Buddhism said the monk could be in “tukdam”, a kind of deep meditative state that crosses over between life and death.
Dr Barry Kerzin, a monk and a physician to the Dalai Lama, told the website: “If the person is able to remain in this state for more than three weeks - which rarely happens - his body gradually shrinks, and in the end all that remains from the person is his hair, nails, and clothes.”
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In a similar case, the body of Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, a lama in Russia’s Buryatia region, showed few signs of decay when it was exhumed in 2002. Monks say Itigilov is “not completely dead” and the temperature of his body rises during ceremonies at the monastery where it is kept near Ulan Ude.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:32 pm to Jim Rockford
I'm not saying zombies
But zombies
But zombies
Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:33 pm to Jim Rockford
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Prolly cuz he's surrounded by lit candles at that point.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:34 pm to Jim Rockford
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the temperature of his body rises during ceremonies at th
not related, but my body temp rises during blow jobs
Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:34 pm to ksayetiger
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not related, but my body temp rises during blow jobs
Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:37 pm to ksayetiger
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not related, but my body temp rises during blow jobs
its science
Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:37 pm to yurintroubl
quote:fricking non-believer.
Prolly cuz he's surrounded by lit candles at that point.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:45 pm to Jim Rockford
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200 year old
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ash-coloured mummy
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the lama is not dead, but is in a very deep meditation
idiots.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:49 pm to WG_Dawg
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WG_Dawg
Careful!
Wouldn't want any extremist Buddhists to try to kill you for disagreeing with some of the tenets of their "faith".
Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:50 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
Anyone ever do meditation, you can experience some pretty crazy out of body shite.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:56 pm to ksayetiger
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the temperature of his body rises during ceremonies at th
not related, but my body temp rises during blow jobs
You shoulda responded to yurin instead of Jim with that wishful thinking.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:57 pm to Jim Rockford
Call me crazy, but he looks pretty fricking dead to me.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 12:58 pm to Jim Rockford
He dead. Maybe the micro organisms that have infiltrated his decaying corpse react to certain external activities.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 1:04 pm to Meauxjeaux
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You shoulda responded to yurin instead of Jim with that wishful thinking.
Dibs on Jim.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 1:08 pm to Jim Rockford
For the record: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 1:14 pm to WG_Dawg
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idiots.
ahh, but a virgin birth, death by crucifixion, subsequent rise from the grave, and walking around with holes in hands is totally believable.
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