Tag: Mummifying

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...