Some Shingon monks in Japan practiced Sokushinbutsu (即身仏), which caused their own death by adhering to a wood-eating diet consisting of salt, nuts, seeds, roots, pine bark, and urushi tea. They were then buried alive in a pine-wood box with the only opening being a tube for air, meditating in lotus position and occasionally ringing a bell to signal they were alive. When the bell stopped ringing, the box would be dug up and treated as a buddha, granting favor provided it was preserved.
And also a lot of us, maybe a majority of us, don't care if this was a recycled joke from Reddit because it's not like we've seen it on Reddit ... we don't use that place.
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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 19h
Mitch?
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 8 pts · 13h
Looks too lively for him.
protist@retrofed.com · 16 pts · 17h
I've heard tales of Tibetan monks who meditate so hard they mummify themselves
binary45@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 17 pts · 16h
It’s not just meditation, but it’s also a strict diet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_mummy
protist@retrofed.com · 19 pts · 16h
Yeah, no thanks
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · -5 pts · 11h
Christianity is so much more wholesome, with the torture, human sacrifice, cannibalism, and whatnot.
DrQuickbeam@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 8h
I hung out with one of these corpses in Tashi Jong. He was a togden.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 17h
He doesn't look a day over a hundred and seven
BoosBeau@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 19h
ah shit, i thought they finally released a photo of ol' Mitch.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 11h
He's not allowed to die until his student loans are paid off.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social · 2 pts · 16h
protist@retrofed.com · 8 pts · 16h
Why would you screenshot that site here?!
InvalidName2@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 12h
And also a lot of us, maybe a majority of us, don't care if this was a recycled joke from Reddit because it's not like we've seen it on Reddit ... we don't use that place.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · -2 pts · 12h
Please label NSFL, thank you
rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social · -3 pts · 19h
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 19h
Why?
MBech@feddit.dk · 7 pts · 17h
Are old people not safe for work now?
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 17h
I can see a clearly sexual nipple there!
anarchy79@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 16h
But it's a male nipple. Only female nipples are scandalous. Male nipples are just normal nipples. That's how it works.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 16h
Then how do you explain this questionaboner I'm having?
Viceversa@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 8h
It's a medical mystery.
Viceversa@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 17h
Is it NSFW though?
anarchy79@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 16h
"I just want to berate people for breaking the rules, ANY rules, because that's what I need to feel good about myself for 3 seconds."
Smoogs@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 17h
be a better person than this.
time2lose@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 19h
are there tags in lemmy?
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 1 pts · 18h
its the checkmark called "NSFW" right before you hit the button to post...
Viceversa@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 18h
Technically speaking it's not a tag.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 18h
Actually speaking it does the job.
Viceversa@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 12h
Still I object!