Meditator Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Who thinks this is legit? http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/n0105-mummified-monk-is-not-dead-and-in-rare-meditative-state-says-expert/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtarman Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 As much as my inner Stargate fan wants to believe that monks have worked out how to transcend the physical plane of existence, my inner skeptic says codswallop. Dead as a doorknail I'd wager...always have to remember that extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubism Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Considering the Buddha himself lived a human life in a normal human bodily state and died a normal human death I would personally say its rubbish.But saying that in the whole scheme of things I really know fuck all about anything. And also I follow Theravada, which is obviously far less colourful than the Mahayana beliefs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simhanada Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Dead, why is there any question? If he's alive he ain't looking good and he's got terrible meditation posture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incognito Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 He definitely ain't gonna get the ladies once he feels like making a cup of tulsi. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paradox Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Who thinks this is legit?are you just tryna bait idiots? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubism Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Another bizarre monk myth busted...A CT Scan of a Mummified Buddhist Monk Inside a Statue Casts Doubts on the Monks Mummification Process. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwnI_RkBI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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