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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 and entering mummification while alive.
Sogen Kato (加藤 宗現, Katō Sōgen, 22 July 1899 – c. November 1978) was a Japanese man thought to have been Tokyo's oldest man until July 2010, when his mummified corpse was found in his bedroom.
According to Victor H. Mair in the Discovery Channel series The Mystery of the Tibetan Mummy, the self-mummification of a Tibetan monk, who died ca. 1475 and whose body was retrieved relatively incorrupt in the 1990s, was achieved by the sophisticated practices of meditation, coupled with prolonged starvation and slow self-suffocation using a ...
Zagreb mummy: Croatia: the bindings of the mummy were created 250–100 BCE as a book, around 100 CE there was a shortage of bindings and other materials like the book were used: Zhang Xiong (張雄) China: 584–633 [52] Zhou Yu (周瑀) China: 1222–1262 [37]
Shugendō practitioners (Shugenja) in the mountains of Kumano, Mie (Kōshō Tateishi) Statue of En no Gyōja, the founder of Shugendo. Kamakura period, c. 1300–1375, Kimbell Art Museum. Stairs on the way to Ōminesan-ji, the holy site of Shugendō. Fudō Myōō silk scroll from Daigo-ji , a major Shingon temple and Shugendō site.
The mummy is notable for sporting a pair of sunglasses, placed by the caretakers to hide the decomposed eye sockets to make the display less disturbing. A native gecko species use Daeng's body as a hatchery , with eggs being laid beneath his skin.
An Australian pilot disappeared in the ocean, having seen a strange object above his aircraft. No trace of either his body or the aircraft have been found. Dyatlov Pass Incident: A group of Russian hikers attempt to escape an unknown horror on "Death Mountain." Euthanasia Coaster: A roller coaster intended to kill its passengers. Execution by ...
Incorruptibility is seen as distinct from the good preservation of a body, or from mummification.Incorruptible bodies are often said to have the odour of sanctity, exuding a sweet or floral, pleasant aroma.