▲ 357 ▼ Bro finally made it (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 day ago by time2lose@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] binary45@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 day ago (1 child) It’s not just meditation, but it’s also a strict diet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_mummy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] protist@retrofed.com 28 points 1 day ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today -5 points 1 day ago (2 children) Christianity is so much more wholesome, with the torture, human sacrifice, cannibalism, and whatnot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) yeah at least the monks are only doing crazy religious shit to themselves. permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 13 hours ago It sucks how everyone needs to pick one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] protist@retrofed.com 28 points 1 day ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today -5 points 1 day ago (2 children) Christianity is so much more wholesome, with the torture, human sacrifice, cannibalism, and whatnot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) yeah at least the monks are only doing crazy religious shit to themselves. permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 13 hours ago It sucks how everyone needs to pick one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today -5 points 1 day ago (2 children) Christianity is so much more wholesome, with the torture, human sacrifice, cannibalism, and whatnot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) yeah at least the monks are only doing crazy religious shit to themselves. permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 13 hours ago It sucks how everyone needs to pick one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) yeah at least the monks are only doing crazy religious shit to themselves. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 13 hours ago It sucks how everyone needs to pick one. permalink fedilink source parent