Tag: Monks

How can you Practice Self-Control according to Buddhist Monks?

Do you wish that you had more self-control over yourself? Maybe with increased self-control you’d have been able to lose that weight you were planning to lose at the start of the year. Or, you might have learned that new skill by now which you’ve been looking to master for some time n...

Sokushinbutsu: The Self-Mummifying Monks Of Japan

Dressed in ceremonial robes and resting in a meditative pose in the Dainichibou Temple on the foot of Mount Yudono, there is something uncanny about the mummified remains of Shinnyokai-Shonin. Yet Shinnyokai’s remains are not the most remarkable thing about this Buddhist monk who lived over...