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These saints of the 9th century used to take Samadhi in a special way.
He used to drink poison for several days before samadhi.
After Samadhi, they have to come alive again after millions of years.
It is said about Japan that it is a country far ahead of its time. The people here have made such technological developments and experiments that it is said that it will take a long time for the rest of the world to match Japan. But apart from this, there is a history of religion in Japan and many traditions of the saints here are surprising. It has come to light about a unique tradition of 9th century Japanese monks in which they used to drink poison before samadhi so that they could come alive again after millions of years. The reason for this is strange.
There is an area in Mount Fuji of Japan which is not attractive from the tourist point of view, but here the tombs of Japanese monks can be seen. The interesting thing about these Samadhi is that these sadhus did a strange thing to ensure that the body does not get destroyed in Samadhi.
These old Japanese monks are called Sokushinbatsu. These monks were followers of Shugendo, the old form of Buddhism. He kept himself under strict discipline throughout his life, in which the main thing was to keep himself away from food and drink. But the strange thing is that he also used to poison himself.
This tradition was prevalent among the Sokushinbatsu Buddhist saints of the 9th century. (Symbolic photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Actually, the body of Japanese monks remains in the form of mummy in Samadhi. And to ensure that their bodies do not end up in this mummy form, these Japanese monks not only kept a strict control on their consumption, they also developed the habit of drinking dangerously high amounts of alcohol. For three years these priests used to eat only seeds and pods but this does not mean that they did not work hard. Rather, he used to exhaust his body a lot so that fat does not accumulate in his body. For the next three years he ate only tubers. During this time, he also started drinking a poisonous tea made from the Urushi tree.
Its advantage is said to be that even though the sadhus suffer a lot of physical pain, when they become mummified, their body does not get harmed by germs and parasites in any way and their body remains safe. After this, he would drink only salt water for a hundred days and when his death approached, he would ask his disciples to keep his body in a wooden box, along with which he would be buried alive with coal. It is believed that if successful in this process, these sages will come out of meditation after millions of years.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: January 7, 2024, 13:20 IST