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[–] 20 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I've heard tales of Tibetan monks who meditate so hard they mummify themselves

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  • [–] 23 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    It’s not just meditation, but it’s also a strict diet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_mummy

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  • [–] 31 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Some Shingon monks in Japan practiced Sokushinbutsu (即身仏), which caused their own death by adhering to a wood-eating diet consisting of salt, nuts, seeds, roots, pine bark, and urushi tea. They were then buried alive in a pine-wood box with the only opening being a tube for air, meditating in lotus position and occasionally ringing a bell to signal they were alive. When the bell stopped ringing, the box would be dug up and treated as a buddha, granting favor provided it was preserved.

    Yeah, no thanks

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  • [–] -3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Christianity is so much more wholesome, with the torture, human sacrifice, cannibalism, and whatnot.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago

    He's not allowed to die until his student loans are paid off.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago

    He doesn't look a day over a hundred and seven

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    ah shit, i thought they finally released a photo of ol' Mitch.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    "Self-mummification"

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  • [–] -2 points 2 months ago

    Please label NSFL, thank you

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Are old people not safe for work now?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I can see a clearly sexual nipple there!

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    But it's a male nipple. Only female nipples are scandalous. Male nipples are just normal nipples. That's how it works.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 months ago (2 children)