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Aug 27, 2019 1:06 PM
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Willfulllives1
Think they did it "Game of Thrones" style?
DrFighterpilotAttorneyAtLaw
"Where is that damn smell coming from!?"
JuicyShaqMeat
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/11432544/Mummified-monk-revealed-inside-1000-year-old-Buddha-statue.html
connorbrown26
I mean... there could have been others still playing to this day.
LiquidfiedSpiderFondue
No one says Humpty Dumpty is an egg, who knows this is a monk?
MarkySpaceMagnet
Didn't they incase the Buddha's body in gold after his death. I have to wonder how many of the other statues are that way.
butwhatamisaying
Think I saw this episode of Happy!
Narkenstein3D
BushDidWolf359
Crap, do I want a heart or stamina container?
axiomatik
I’m going for stamina right now.
SigynRose
I think these are called sokushinbutsu. They basically mummified themselves so their spirits could walk the earth in service of others
awesomespeler
This’ll make me think twice before just chomping in to a chocolate bunny come Easter
sundaymondayhippyday
Yeah...sure
wheeledPhoto
Goldfinger strikes again.
OpeExcuseMe
Sokushinbutsu https://youtu.be/FlmMtZ4J3qQ
CrampNoodleTerror
Underrated comment... Thanks for the video!
liberanos
Maybe it’s not a statue of buddha but a statue of a monk showing his dedication to Buddhism?
RuledByMyPets
Yikes, talk about 'going all in' for your job...
DeliciousUsersubClubSandwich
This post is so old it probably has a monk inside it too.
onewallpaperaweek
heirsasquatch
That’s TINYYYY
Qtoy
I remember this episode of Futurama differently.
zeacorzeppelin10
He took being still as a statue too literal.
DropBearAttack
That's a difficult Kinder egg to eat.
CrazyOhs
But how u but a dead man into that pose? I hope he was dead before thou...
bananasealofaproval
The blessed statues are always filled. Usualy with little buddha statues, with papers with buddhas words written 1/
bananasealofaproval
on it etc. Very highly enlightened monks meditate conciously into their death. He accomplished his goal and is made into a buddha statue.
RelentlessDevastation
One way to get rid of your murder victim.
LivingWaters
To hide them for thousand years
Sauroctonus
He probably committed meditative suicide. The other monks would have then built the statue around him.
antmansclone
Which is precisely what makes it such a good cover
bigdix69420
Game of thrones? Gold?
passerby157
For those that are curious. The people if the ancient civilization of or around China did mummification in this manner
Crackheadpirate
This is the worst chocolate bunny ever.
Galvicustheone
/a/XSaPJJz
AndrewCowbell
You can't call it "crunchy frog" if you take the bones out!
AlienMark
*takes another crunch*
originalnamedonotsteal1
And the portions are so small.
vladimirpurrtin
Forbidden chocolate bunny
SillyGoat
If this is totally sealed up, i wonder how well the soft tissue is preserved inside
TimeRyderAndTheChronoTeens
Open it up to get a MONK ZOMBIE
ThePunishersVengefulBrother
Bacteria in the gut will take care of the soft tissue.
gheorghiumihai77
Yeah....mush.......puss-like substance.
georgejimmydoodle
There was a practice of self mummification where monks would eat & drink very little for 10 years except for pine needles & resins.
Starcatcher1986
They were mummified first. Look up sokushinbutsu if you're curious.
StrangerRangerDanger
Wouldnt it explode if totally sealed? Decomposition makes gas
gheorghiumihai77
Good point there.
sundaymondayhippyday
200 years after the moms death he’s encased
xVVitch
They were mummified apparently.
KaiserGSaw
seems like they learned after a few exploding buddhas.
HtNrN
i think there were some monks dying whilst meditating on purpose and then they got sealed like this
SpoonOfDoom
You are right! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6iAdM5K9Jo
OpeExcuseMe
Self mummified monks, or, Sokushinbutsu the monk would adopt a tree eating diet essentially starving themselves of fat to have less
OpeExcuseMe
Moisture to ensure mummification. They entered a small square in the ground in the lotus position. They where left to die here, dig up later
ceramicpear
/a/Ao2doYO
somethingstupidandclever
A practice that was outlawed but continued for who the heck knows why
AmILateToTheParty
They also eat poisonous plants, so their own body becomes poisonous so bugs don't eat the remains.
EntropyReign
the ones with the highest success rate drank from a certain spring, turns out it had a high arsenic content.
MissPepperfingers
Why did they choose this ending?
OneZebraInAHerdOfWildebeests
They lacked a shot gun and wanted to reach Nirvana
BhawbTheMagnificent
It is an extreme form of asceticism, which is a practice of giving up physical pleasures for religious purposes seen in many religions.
IMissBeingDead
In that culture self sacrifice was seen as something who could help a needy community, and was considered the most sacred act 1/2
IMissBeingDead
It's really well explained in this video https://youtu.be/FlmMtZ4J3qQ
darthbuttersticks
They actually don’t view it as death... it totally is though.
Truckcompany17gorilla1337
Death isn't the end of life, it's the end of this birth
ElbowDeepInAMoose
Because the alternate ending didn't get a good reaction during test screenings.
CasualFascist
Gotta think about the box office
SatoriEnlightenment
ahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahhahhhaahahahhhaaahahahahahahahahahahaha
UglyHorribleGrouchyOldMan
xmessifcb10x3
Underrated comment of the year
nuttynico
Can somebody explain this to my friend (me) who doesn’t get it?
lordofthedice
Existence is pain, Jerry!
CheekyBreeki
I want you to fuck me, Jerry!
senzykyo3004
Fucking ey fall asleep monestary and they paint you gold
threyon
Scottish?
koolerthanjinx
It's just a prank, bro
fbutt09
That’s a real bitch when it happens
jansenart
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu
MyRespectableAlterEgo
'X-Ray Reveals 1000 Year Old Monk was a "Totally a Little Bitch" due to Multiple Penis Drawings Visible on his Face'
Nightslight
Can we get a translation guys? The lack of conjunctions is confusing me.
KirbyUOR
Is he gonna be alright?
jansenart
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu
ChickenFingerFingers
*cover you in melted gold
jansenart
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu
DoorToDoorHentaiSaleswoman
Crown for a king
theeiinfamousiizzy
Paoloc0mments
OverMyDadBody
*cover you in golden leaves, sauce https://www.flickr.com/photos/visbeek/20817763760
ChickenFingerFingers
That is not even the right country or culture.
sundaymondayhippyday
Great shot! -Doc probably
OverMyDadBody
*Scott?
sundaymondayhippyday
Yes and no
BoltAurelius
Golden leaves sauce sounds tasty
Paoloc0mments
KFC do it in the south.
Lobangpuki
Do you really think it's "fucking ey"?
Diedeux
Its an australian?
asmallcat
It certainly avoids the confusion "fucking a (insert noun)" can cause.
KirbyUOR
Hence the grammatically correct comma after "a"
EngineerforPresident
I appreciate it, and I'm grammar nazi af.
Lobangpuki
I find the way he wrote that sentence very confusing.
phonoodle415
Got to decipher it
ThatRandomCanadian
That's why you use a comma and capital. "Fucking A, man."
HighFlyKai
What is a?
ThatRandomCanadian
Never really thought about it. I actually don't know. I always just thought of "Fucking A," as a whole exclamation.