If there’s one thing better than Forteana, it’s alliterative Forteana! So check out this mummified meditating Mongolian monk mystery posted at BBC News:
A mummified monk found preserved in Mongolia last week has been baffling and astounding those who uncovered him. Senior Buddhists say the monk, found sitting in the lotus position, is in a deep meditative trance and not dead.
Forensic examinations are under way on the remains, found wrapped in cattle skins in north-central Mongolia.
Scientists have yet to determine how the monk is so well-preserved, though some think Mongolia’s cold weather could be the reason. But Dr Barry Kerzin, a physician to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, told the Siberian Times that the monk was in a rare state of meditation called “tukdam”.
“If the meditator can continue to stay in this meditative state, he can become a Buddha,” Dr Kerzin said.
The mummified/meditating monk was found after a man stole him and tried to sell him on the black market. The cadaver/near-Buddha is now being held securely at Mongolia’s National Centre of Forensic Expertise.
Link: Mummified monk in Mongolia ‘not dead’, say Buddhists
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