Still Waters Posted January 31, 2015 #1 Share Posted January 31, 2015 The amazingly intact remains of a meditating monk have been discovered in the Songinokhairkhan province of Mongolia, according to a report in Mongolia's Morning News. The mummified body, which was covered in animal skin, has been sitting in the lotus position for about 200 years. http://news.discover...#mkcpgn=rssnws1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithisco Posted January 31, 2015 #2 Share Posted January 31, 2015 my mistake - at first sight I thought he was sitting in a Lotus Elise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted January 31, 2015 #3 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Many monks who died were 'placed' in the lotus position...after death 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellapenella Posted January 31, 2015 #4 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Many monks who died were 'placed' in the lotus position...after death I didn't know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellapenella Posted January 31, 2015 #5 Share Posted January 31, 2015 The amazingly intact remains of a meditating monk have been discovered in the Songinokhairkhan province of Mongolia, according to a report in Mongolia's Morning News. The mummified body, which was covered in animal skin, has been sitting in the lotus position for about 200 years. http://news.discover...#mkcpgn=rssnws1 that is super cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted January 31, 2015 #6 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I didn't know that. Let me clarify Many Mahayana Buddhist monks were reported to know the time of death and left their last testaments and their students accordingly buried them sitting in lotus posture, put into a vessel with full of such as coal, wood, paper or lime and surrounded by bricks, and be exhumed after usually 3 years. http://www.tamqui.com/buddhaworld/Self-mummification Now monks aside, my grandad knew the time of his own death, apart from the fact the doctors knew too as they told him how long hed got, more or less!! I think most people who are dying know that, roughly, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nohands Posted January 31, 2015 #7 Share Posted January 31, 2015 rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted February 5, 2015 Author #8 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Update - Senior Buddhists say the monk, found sitting in the lotus position, is in a deep meditative trance and not dead. http://www.bbc.co.uk...d-asia-31125338 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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