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Dr. Paul Koudounaris - Rome. Italy, mummified monk

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WEEK 6: Second Week On Koh Samui

WEEK 6: Koh Samui

20/3/17 – KOH SAMUI We had the day to ourselves today, Natalie and Tom were going snorkelling and on a tour of Ang Thong National Marine park. We have already done something similar so we decided to sit this one out. Instead, we decided we wanted to stay on Koh Samui for another week or so after we check out of our current accommodation so we went for a walk to try and find some where cheap to…

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The mummified monk of koh samui, Luang Pho Daeng, who died in 1973

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Mummified Monk Crypt of the Monastery of Santa Maria della Concezione Rome, Italy

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Mummified monk in Mongolia 'not dead' :Buddhists

http://odishasamaya.com/news/lifestyle/mummified-monk-in-mongolia-not-dead-buddhists/60706

A mummified monk found preserved in Mongolia last week has been baffling and astounding those who uncovered him.

Senior Buddhists say the monk, found sitting in the lotus position, is in a deep meditative trance and not dead.

Forensic examinations are under way on the remains, found wrapped in cattle skins in north-central Mongolia.

Scientists have yet to determine how the monk is so well preserved, though some think Mongolia’s cold weather could be the reason.

But Dr Barry Kerzin, a physician to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, told the Siberian Times that the monk was in a rare state of meditation called “tukdam”.

“If the meditator can continue to stay in this meditative state, he can become a Buddha,” Dr Kerzin said.

Ganhugiyn Purevbata, founder and professor of the Mongolian Institute of Buddhist Art at Ulaanbaatar Buddhist University, told to press that  “Lama is sitting in the lotus position vajra, the left hand is opened, and the right hand symbolizes of the preaching Sutra.

“This is a sign that the Lama is not dead, but is in a very deep meditation according to the ancient tradition of Buddhist lamas.”

The mummified remains have reportedly been taken for examination at the Ulaanbataar National Centre of Forensic Expertise, according to the press.

The 200-year-old lama found sitting in the lotus position was believed to ble alive and in a deep meditation state known as tukdam. But that speculation has since been proven false.

Tsorzh Sanzhzhav who passed away at the age of about 70 was a disciple of Ovgon Geser Lama, a Buddhist teacher revered highly in the region.

He was buried alongside his master.

The mummy was stolen from the grave in a mountain cave and was on way for sale on the black market when discovered.

The mummy covered in cattle skin was found on 27 January in Songinokhairkhan province of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia.

Investigators travelled to Sodnomdarzhaa Mountain, 50km from Tsakhir in the Arkhangai district, where they found the tomb with the body of the Geser Lama.

The Geser Lama who lived near the Khukh Nuur Lake died in about 1890 while meditating. His body was cleaned and embalmed and his resting place became a shrine.

Like his student, he died in the lotus position and was placed in a wooden box, which was then buried and surrounded in stones.