India is a country of saints and sages. Here you get to hear many stories related to them. Especially the stories related to his penance. However, the monks whose penance story we are going to tell you today, perform such penance that even after death, their bodies do not deteriorate for centuries. However, these monks are not from India but from Japan. Let us now give you many interesting information related to these monks in this article. Apart from this, it also explains why these monks start drinking poison in the last moments.
Who were these monks
The monks whom we are talking about? In Japan they are called sokushinbutsu. These were the monks who used to turn themselves into mummies while they were still alive. Actually, for this process, earlier he used to live without food and water for many months and when he could not live without food and water, then he used to drink a special kind of poison.
< p>Used to eat a special kind of food
Atlas Obscura had published a report on these monks. It was told that when these monks are about to reach their last days, they start eating a special type of food three years in advance. It contains some nuts and seeds. Apart from this he does not eat anything else. Apart from this, he does physical exercise daily to reduce his body fat. When he reached his last days, he used to drink tea made from the juice of the Urushi tree. Due to this, the monks started vomiting and then their body started getting dehydrated.
Why do these monks do this?
Actually, this Monks do this to help preserve their bodies after their death. However, this does not happen anymore. But if you go to Japan and want to see the mummies of such monks, then you will get to see them in Shinyokai Shonin of the famous Dainichi-bu temple on Mount Yudono.
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