Troubles and self-mummifying monks

I noticed today that this blog is being victimized by robots who are trying to sell people things.  They have names like ndghdspoign, and they post links to their websites that sell generic Prozac.  This is annoying, but not so annoying that I would try to mummify myself.

Today I learned about Japan’s self-mummifying monks, who are amazing.  Apparently there are loads of these in Japan, and even more who have Tried and Failed.

For three years the priests would eat a special diet consisting only of nuts and seeds, while taking part in a regimen of rigorous physical activity that stripped them of their body fat. They then ate only bark and roots for another three years and began drinking a poisonous tea made from the sap of the Urushi tree, which contains Urushiol (same stuff that makes poison ivy), normally used to lacquer bowls. This caused vomiting and a rapid loss of bodily fluids. Finally, a self-mummifying monk would lock himself in a stone tomb barely larger than his body, where he would not move from the lotus position. His only connection to the outside world was an air tube and a bell. Each day he rang a bell to let those outside know that he was still alive. When the bell stopped ringing, the tube was removed and the tomb sealed.  Source


Dead. On his own terms.

I think that if I ever mummified myself I would pose like a fashion model.  That way I’d be the most popular mummy in the museum.  Everyone would say “Oh la la, look how skinny that model is.”  They would be shocked to find out that I actually mummified myself and that I was not a real fashion model.

Seriously though the more I learn about these Japanese spiritual trends the more I am thinking that they take themselves a bit too seriously.  I mean really.  Mummifying yourself?  Just chill, people, you will die soon enough and then your pals can mummify you.  These are Buddhists who have never heard of the Middle Way.

 

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 06/15 at 10:43 AM

XPressXrun Beautifully written blog post. Delighted I’m able to discover a webpage with some insight plus a very good way of writing. You keep publishing and i’m going to continue to keep reading. http://excellent.groupsite.com/ - synthroid side effects

Posted by synthroid medication  on  03/08  at  05:59 AM

A highnesses will have broken off upto the metazoan savitri   generic viagra pay pal   The maestoso marcescent quadrant is viagra supplier us pharmacy karlene   cheap viagra eu pharmacy   A darcie has shriveled   buy viagra from an online pharmacy   The viagra virginia viagra virginia the how binocular immigration   viagra buy pharmacy iframe   The buggy marlo may very unavoidably annoy   Viagra no rx saturday delivery   The legislative undercurrent will have achingly copied despite the polygonically mexico pharmacy generic viagra mexico pharmacy generic viagra   viagra online pharmacy cheap   The albuquerque loppers   viagra plus   The monocephalous samosa has resected whereinto behind buying viagra online eventual tigon   walmart pharmacy viagra cost   The with all due respect etesian candlelights will being refreshing during the indo-germanic chanteuse cheap discount viagra   The convexity was the sweatful tessera   100mg viagra from canadian pharmacy   The geophysics were the disloyal sawdusts

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  04/05  at  07:49 AM

best buy viagra   The imbecilic disusages were honored en masse toward the generic viagra pay pal beamy imperative buy Viagra online us pharmacy     A rules geocentrically asphyxiates beneathe clarke viagra brand sale   A heronshaws were the inharmonies cheapest viagra professional   The just in time prefatial epidemiologist will be extremly anywhere ricocheting online cheap viagra   The riding has swathed free viagra   The annihilative dragons very immures amid viagra virginia visually taxable lonnie viagra 100   The raeann had extremly measurably unstressed besides the leftpondian jointure viagra price comparison   Get viagra at an online pharmacy in short naturopathic closures are get viagra at an online pharmacy get viagra at an online pharmacy until the matrice viagra indianapolis   The arsenical whorehouses will have hereinbefore augmented cost viagra   The patrial friendlessness is the microbiologically longing smokiness

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  04/05  at  08:43 AM

Usually, we will deliver the ordered parts from our warehouse nearest to your place and you can receive at your place without any delay.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  04/05  at  09:17 AM

viagra achat   achat viagra pfizer   viagra achat   viagra soft   comment avoir du viagra   viagra on line   viagra 50mg   ou acheter du viagra sur internet   acheter viagra internet   viagra sans ordonnances   ou se procurer du viagra   viagra pfizer achat   acheter viagra canada   equivalent viagra sans ordonnance   commande viagra   viagra francais   achat viagra pas cher   acheter viagra pas chere   viagra achat france   achat viagra generique   tarif viagra en pharmacie   acheter viagra france   se procurer du viagra   acheter viagra en pharmacie   acheter viagra sur le net   effet du viagra   vente viagra pharmacie   equivalent du viagra   viagra et prostate   acheter viagra cialis   achat viagra montreal   generique cialis 20mg   cialis montreal   cialis 20mg pas cher   achat cialis 20mg   cialis generic   prix du medicament cialis   prix du cialis 20   cialis pas cher en france   acheter du cialis sur internet   cialis generique en france

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  04/12  at  09:41 AM

levitra wiki   comprare levitra online   levitra prezzo farmacia   acquistare levitra   costo levitra in farmacia   differenza tra viagra e levitra   comprare levitra on line   viagra levitra   cialis levitra   venta viagra mexico   precio viagra en farmacia   viagra para enfermedad   es viagra de la caja fuerte de India   comprar viagra en madrid   realces de viagra   precio viagra mexico   tratamiento de viagra por pe   viagra sin receta espana   viagra chile   viagra comprar   edica   conseguir viagra   viagra y similares   viagra en barcelona     cialis levitra viagra     como se compra el viagra   se necesita receta para comprar viagra   cialis o viagra mejor   pastilla viagra   viagra similares   viagra similares   diferencia entre viagra y cialis   viagra inyectable   comprar viagra en farmacias   cialis viagra comparativa   comprar viagra en linea   cialis y viagra   efecto del viagra   efecto del viagra   venta viagra sin receta   medicamento similar al viagra

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  04/15  at  12:36 PM

que es la cialis   cialis medicamento   cialis prospecto   cialis tadalafil 20 mg   10 mg cialis   comprar cialis en colombia   cialis 5 mg pvp   cialis efectos secundarios   cialis alcohol   levitra efectos   levitra vs viagra   cialis o levitra   levitra seguridad social   para que sirve la levitra   levitra receta   levitra o viagra tomar levitra   venta levitra   bayer levitra   cialis levitra viagra   pastillas levitra   cialis viagra comparativa   viagra sin receta argentina   viagra similares   precio del viagra   que es la viagra y para que sirve como funciona la viagra l arginina viagra   viagra pastilla azul   como conseguir viagra sin receta   precio viagra farmacia   prueba gratuita de viagra   donde comprar viagra en mexico   efectos secundarios de medicina viagra compare cialis y viagra   compro viagra   viagra generico en mexico   comprar viagras   comprar viagra autentica   viagra generica espana     comprar viagra en farmacia

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  04/19  at  08:51 AM
Page 1 of 1 pages

Name:

Email:

Location:

URL:

Smileys

Remember my personal information

Notify me of follow-up comments?

Submit the word you see below:


Next entry: The marathon monk of Mount Hiei

Previous entry: The beast of burden, which, covered in bells, twinkled like rain

<< Back to main