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Sokushinbutsu- embalming process that begins before death (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 months ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] janAkali@lemmy.one 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

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

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

That is impressive!

[–] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

He doesn’t look so lively in that last picture