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"In the southeastern Chinese city of Quanzhou, a well-known Buddhist monk named Fu Hou has been mummified and encased in gold leaf."

"[T]he monk's body was washed, treated by two mummification experts, and sealed inside a large pottery jar in a sitting position... The monk's body was then sterilized and painted. The final step – gilding with gold leaf – started on March 16...."

১২টি মন্তব্য:

Richard Dolan বলেছেন...

That's one way to go. Beats being frozen in liquid nitrogen.

MadisonMan বলেছেন...

Glad to read it all happened after he died.

YoungHegelian বলেছেন...

Rumor has it that his favorite movie was "Goldfinger".

YoungHegelian বলেছেন...

Yet another proof that traditional "on the street" Buddhism is a lot weirder than the whitewashed, deracinated Buddhism as preached & practiced by many on the New Age-y side of things.

The Cracker Emcee Refulgent বলেছেন...

Cool. I was going to go for cremation with a spreading of ashes in the Olympic National Park, but this sounds promising as well.

JCC বলেছেন...

He's headed for Donald Trump's mantle.

D. B. Light বলেছেন...

I hope they waited until he expired to begin the process. Hate to think that he was just in a deep trance.

MaxedOutMama বলেছেন...

It seems like sealing in a jar would have to be the last step, not the second step? I suspect a mistranslation, or perhaps just gobbledygook.

Joe বলেছেন...

Waste of money and resources.

FullMoon বলেছেন...

I plan on living forever, so far, so good.
(Steven Wright?)

Todd বলেছেন...

You would have thought that they would have displayed him on a nice table cloth for photos, instead of news paper. Just saying...

mikee বলেছেন...

To be so honored after his death! Here's hoping some who now see him will remember that when one meets the Buddha in the street, one should kill him.

And no, I have no idea what that is supposed to mean. I only know what it means to me.

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