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| Mummified Monk | | 2008-03-24 22:23:00 | | Location: Koh Samui - Thailand Date: 22 Feb 2008The Mummified Monk at Wat Khunaram has to be the most unusual attraction on Koh Samui. The monk, Loung Pordaeng, died in 1973 in the meditation position and that is how he is presented today, still relatively well preserved. Sunglasses have been added so as not to scare the kiddies. The Wat is on the 4169 ringroad between Ban Thurian and Ban Hua Thanon.Mummified Monk - Koh Samui
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| | Mummified Michael Jackson Spotted At Bookstore | | 2007-12-17 13:25:35 | | You know how I feel about doing stories covering so and so walking around doing absolutely nothing, but this morning there’s images floating around of what appears to be Michael Jackson walking around in a bookstore with an upside down nose and a face covered with little post it notes. TMZ is calling them [...] | | By: U Suxxors | | |
| | A mummified Hadrosaur like no other | | 2007-12-03 02:28:45 | | In 1999, an extraordinary fossil of a mummified Hadrosaur have been discovered and unearthed by scientists who nicknamed this special hadrosaur “Dakota” after the state of North Dakota where the fossil has been found. The one of the most priceless of fossils, Dakota is to be regarded as the world’s most complete fossil with fossilized [...] | | By: Dinosaurs and The Bible A Creationist's Fairy Tale | | |
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| The Mummified Priests for People | | 2007-05-11 21:32:00 | | You can do all sorts of things to save people you love; giving food, listening to one’s concerns, cheering up, and so on. However, can you kill yourself for them?There are more than 10 Buddhists in Japan who attained Buddha hood while still in the alive, and they are called Sokushinbutsu (即身仏). Sokushin is one of Buddha training ways to save people, take fears away and grant their desires by being a Sokushinbutu.To put how to be a Sokushinbutsu concretely, one stops to have the five grains, and have walnuts, hazelnuts, and nutmegs instead which take away moisture and fat in the body. Next, the one is buried in a pit, and s/he recites sutra with ringing a bell. When the bell ringing stop can be heard from a hollow bamboo utensil connecting ground and the pit as an air vent: means the one died, dig up it, fix the shape, and burry it again. After 3 years and 3 months, it is dug up and to be seen and prayed for people.You can still visit and see Sokushinbutsu as a complete mummy. E | | By: Discover Japan! | | |
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