Mummified Monk Found Inside 1,000-Year-Old Buddha Statue

An anonymous reader writes Using a CT scanner, scientists and hospital staff at the Meander Medical Center in the Netherlands have discovered the mummified body of a Chinese monk inside a statue of Buddha. The monk is believed to have lived around the year 1100. From the article: "Glowing through the statue's golden cast, the human skeleton is believed to belong to Buddhist master Liu Quan, a member of the Chinese Meditation School. To further investigate the mummy, the researchers took the statue to the Meander Medical Center in Amersfoort and carried out an endoscopy and additional CT scans. They found out that Liu Quan's internal organs had been removed and replaced with scripts covered in Chinese writing. The museum speculates Liu Quan may have 'self-mummified' in order to become a 'living Buddha.'

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Re:meditating

[DougOtto]

probably pining for the fjords.....

pics and tidbits of self mummify

[breman]

I just saw this collection of pics of the same subject. It was quite interesting and thought I'd share. http://www.carapas.com/these-m...