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Buddhist mummies, also called flesh body bodhisattvas, full body sariras, diamond bodies or living buddhas (Sokushinbutsu) refer to the bodies of Buddhist monks and nuns that remain incorrupt, without any traces of deliberate mummification. These are venerated by some Buddhists who believe they successfully were able to mortify their flesh to death. "Buddhists say that only the most advanced masters can fall into some particular condition before death and purify themselves so that his dead body could not decay." The practise to make undecomposed bodies is controverisal in Buddhism believing in impermanence. Many were destroyed or lost in history.

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  • Buddhist mummies, also called flesh body bodhisattvas, full body sariras, diamond bodies or living buddhas (Sokushinbutsu) refer to the bodies of Buddhist monks and nuns that remain incorrupt, without any traces of deliberate mummification. These are venerated by some Buddhists who believe they successfully were able to mortify their flesh to death. "Buddhists say that only the most advanced masters can fall into some particular condition before death and purify themselves so that his dead body could not decay." The practise to make undecomposed bodies is controverisal in Buddhism believing in impermanence. Many were destroyed or lost in history.
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  • Buddhist mummies, also called flesh body bodhisattvas, full body sariras, diamond bodies or living buddhas (Sokushinbutsu) refer to the bodies of Buddhist monks and nuns that remain incorrupt, without any traces of deliberate mummification. These are venerated by some Buddhists who believe they successfully were able to mortify their flesh to death. "Buddhists say that only the most advanced masters can fall into some particular condition before death and purify themselves so that his dead body could not decay." The practise to make undecomposed bodies is controverisal in Buddhism believing in impermanence. Many were destroyed or lost in history.
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