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Plum@lemmy.world to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Sokushinbutsu- embalming process that begins before death

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Sokushinbutsu- embalming process that begins before death

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Plum@lemmy.world to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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    One of the more famous and recent examples is a buryat mummy of Dashi Dorzho Itigilov

    His mummy is extra creepy because it has elastic skin, hair and fat so it looks as if he’s still alive (see pic in the article):

    According to Buryat Buddhists, Itigilov’s body is so well preserved because the Lama is still living, having achieved the higher meditative state known as śūnyatā, or emptiness

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      That is impressive!

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      deleted by creator

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      Dude looks like salted meat because he was preserved in salt. Wonder what he tastes like.

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      He doesn’t look so lively in that last picture

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