Posted on 04/20/2021 10:49:18 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A Buddhist monk in Thailand chopped off his own head — on his birthday — in hopes the gruesome sacrifice would bring him luck in the afterlife, according to reports.
Thammakorn Wangpreecha, 68, a monk for 11 years, built a guillotine near a religious statue portraying the god Indra doing the same thing, the UK’s Metro reported.
The monk’s nephew, who found the decapitated body, said he had left behind a note. “It stated that chopping his head off was his way of praising Buddha, and he had been planning this for five years now,” Booncherd Boonrod said.
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Buddha was a Hindu, and Buddhism is an outgrowth of Hinduism.
Well, they don't believe the world exists, so their is bupkis to get?
I can’t recall the exact phrasing but I think it was a tagline about working your whole life to achieve nirvana but in the end you get bupkis. No idea if said Freeper was a buddhist.
Was he wearing a hat?
Something like that, except with Christianity, they all pretty much carried over the same Old Testament from Judaism, while I think the various schools of Buddhism have different levels of influence from the Hindus.
What will he think when he reaches the gates of heaven, knocks, and asks “Indra? That you?” and the answer is “NO. Nobody named Indra here!”
Darwin Award finalist
From the Yiddish-speaking Buddhists.
Yes!!! Great and appropriate find.
Lost his head over it.
Is he OK?
Reports that his final word was “thump”....
But he achieved total consciousness, so he’s got that going for him, which is nice.
It’s true that this will make you youthful in the afterlife but then you have to find someone else to pop your zits
It’s called “thinning the heard.”
Getting ahead on the afterlife
Liberals think it’s a great plan for us...
He was 68. He probably already bred.
No head, no 69.
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