Sokushinbutsu (即身仏) is a type of Buddhist mummy. In Japan the term refers to the practice of Buddhist monks observing asceticism to the point of death...

called flesh body bodhisattvas, full body sariras, or living buddhas (Sokushinbutsu) refer to the bodies of Buddhist monks and nuns that remain incorrupt...

Thailand, but moved to Wat Khunaram near his childhood home. He practiced Sokushinbutsu, a form of self mummification. Daeng died while meditating in 1973....

citing many reasons from him being a "human vegetable" to becoming a sokushinbutsu (Buddhist mummy). An autopsy could not determine the cause of Kato's...

Franklin expedition Great Irish Famine Little Ice Age Siege of Leningrad Sokushinbutsu 2005 Malawi food crisis 2008 Central Asia energy crisis Theresienstadt...

Catharist endura Euthanasia Hunger strike Right to die Sallekhana Sokushinbutsu Monier-Williams, Monier (2008) [1899]. Monier Williams Sanskrit-English...

Mikkyō Milarepa Mount Hatsuka Mount Hiei Mount Ōfuna Mount Ōmine Onmyōdō Sokushinbutsu Catherine Cornille (2013). The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious...

attained enlightenment, it is still very much the exception to the rule. Sokushinbutsu in Japanese Buddhism involves asceticism to the point of death and entering...

and others. Gisant Bog body Buddhist mummies Paramahansa Yogananda Sokushinbutsu Sufism Shahid Meivazhi Quigley, Christine (2005). The Corpse: A History...

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example, later Shingon meditators attempted to self-mummify (known as Sokushinbutsu) through ascetic practices to also wait for the coming of Maitreya....

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Prisoner suicide Rail Sallekhana Sati Self-sacrifice Senicide Seppuku Sokushinbutsu Suicide attack Vatakkiruttal Epidemiology Gender differences LGBT-related...

Prisoner suicide Rail Sallekhana Sati Self-sacrifice Senicide Seppuku Sokushinbutsu Suicide attack Vatakkiruttal Epidemiology Gender differences LGBT-related...

Prisoner suicide Rail Sallekhana Sati Self-sacrifice Senicide Seppuku Sokushinbutsu Suicide attack Vatakkiruttal Epidemiology Gender differences LGBT-related...

and the other on the opposite side for visitors. Anchorite Immurement Sokushinbutsu Stylite "Immured Anchorites- Tibetan Myths". Presscluboftibet.org. Retrieved...

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Prisoner suicide Rail Sallekhana Sati Self-sacrifice Senicide Seppuku Sokushinbutsu Suicide attack Vatakkiruttal Epidemiology Gender differences LGBT-related...

needles, resins, seeds and ultimately self-mummification, while alive, or Sokushinbutsu (miira) in Japan. In Chinese Buddhism self-mummification ascetic practices...

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advanced glycation processes. Buddhist monks who practiced the art of Sokushinbutsu would use the tree's sap in their ceremony.[citation needed] The fruits...

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Prisoner suicide Rail Sallekhana Sati Self-sacrifice Senicide Seppuku Sokushinbutsu Suicide attack Vatakkiruttal Epidemiology Gender differences LGBT-related...

Prisoner suicide Rail Sallekhana Sati Self-sacrifice Senicide Seppuku Sokushinbutsu Suicide attack Vatakkiruttal Epidemiology Gender differences LGBT-related...

Jumping from height locations Mass Murder–suicide Vatakkiruttal Seppuku Sokushinbutsu Sallekhana Sati Prayopavesa By train London Underground Self-sacrifice...

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householders, as a ritual method of suicide known as Prayopavesa in Hinduism; Sokushinbutsu historically in Buddhism; and as Sallekhana in Jainism. Cathars also...

dizziness, and loss of appetite, as well. Members of the Buddhist Sokushinbutsu sect of Japan historically practiced a form of self-mummification which...

Prisoner suicide Rail Sallekhana Sati Self-sacrifice Senicide Seppuku Sokushinbutsu Suicide attack Vatakkiruttal Epidemiology Gender differences LGBT-related...

Prisoner suicide Rail Sallekhana Sati Self-sacrifice Senicide Seppuku Sokushinbutsu Suicide attack Vatakkiruttal Epidemiology Gender differences LGBT-related...