Today I Found Out

The Curious Case of Self Mummification (2017x246)

Date de diffusion: Oct 18, 2017

If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check out our Patreon page wh→ō monks as the ultimate act of self denial. Shugendō is a form of Buddhism that originally combined elements of Buddhism, animism, Old Shinto, mountain worship, and Taoism, among other religions. “Shugendō” itself means something to the effect of “the way to spiritual power through discipline”. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/06/it-is-possible-to-mummify-yourself/ Sources: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786448806/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=vicastingcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0786448806 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shugendo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urushiol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha http://www.thethinkingblog.com/2007/07/self-mummified-monks-of-japan.html http://www.shingon.org/history/history.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhahood http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-self-mummification-buddhist-monks http://sonic.net/~anomaly/japan/dbuddha.htm http://formyhour.com/self-mummification http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_position Image Credit: https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-176154706/stock-photo-a-strict-diet-steel-handcuffs-with-red-word-diet-instead-of-a-chain-isolated-on-white-background-3d-illustration https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-192318922/stock-photo-closeup-of-pencil-eraser-and-black-vomiting-text-vomiting-pencil-with-eraser https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-137283458/stock-photo-outlawed-colorful-word https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E7%AB%8B%E7%9F%B3%E5%85%89%E6%AD%A3DSCF0451.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Mumified_Munk.jpg Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com.