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Extraordinary Claims => Religion General Discussion => Hinduism and Buddhism => Topic started by: trdsf on February 04, 2015, 12:38:30 PM

Title: Dead or Alive (or meditating) II
Post by: trdsf on February 04, 2015, 12:38:30 PM
Personally, I wouldn't have a physician who believed a mummified corpse is still alive and just meditating... if he's not breathing and there's no circulation, I would call that 'dead', not 'meditating'.


Quote from: BBC NewsMummified monk in Mongolia 'not dead', say Buddhists

A mummified monk found preserved in Mongolia last week has been baffling and astounding those who uncovered him.

Senior Buddhists say the monk, found sitting in the lotus position, is in a deep meditative trance and not dead.

Forensic examinations are under way on the remains, found wrapped in cattle skins in north-central Mongolia.

Scientists have yet to determine how the monk is so well-preserved, though some think Mongolia's cold weather could be the reason.

But Dr Barry Kerzin, a physician to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, told the Siberian Times that the monk was in a rare state of meditation called "tukdam".

"If the meditator can continue to stay in this meditative state, he can become a Buddha," Dr Kerzin said.

The monk was discovered after being stolen by a man hoping to sell him on the black market.
Title: Re: Dead or Alive (or meditating) II
Post by: Hydra009 on February 04, 2015, 12:54:27 PM
My money is on dead.  Eating and drinking tends to correlate pretty strongly with living.
Title: Re: Dead or Alive (or meditating) II
Post by: doorknob on February 04, 2015, 02:07:37 PM
Umm O_O

yeah ok.
Title: Re: Dead or Alive (or meditating) II
Post by: Jason78 on February 04, 2015, 02:14:48 PM
Wasn't there a sect of monks that would actually practice self-mummification? (http://io9.com/the-gruesome-and-excruciating-practice-of-mummifying-yo-1515905564)
Title: Re: Dead or Alive (or meditating) II
Post by: stromboli on February 04, 2015, 08:47:21 PM
did anybody stick a pin in it?
Title: Re: Dead or Alive (or meditating) II
Post by: Aupmanyav on February 28, 2015, 05:33:48 AM
Dead, alive, or meditating: The case is in Court. It involves some 160 million dollar worth of property. The Baba (Ashutosh Mahraj) propped up in a refrigerated room.

http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/newsroom/img/mt/2014/05/gurumain.jpg/lead.jpg?n6eeg6