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  • Mummified monk is ‘not dead’ and in rare meditative state, says expert

    02/23/2015 3:17:12 PM PST · by Gamecock · 43 replies
    The Siberian Times ^ | 02 February 2015 | Kate Baklitskaya
    A mummified monk found in the lotus position in Mongolia is 'not dead' and is instead one stage away from becoming a real-life Buddha, it has been claimed. Forensic examinations are under way on the amazing remains, which are believed to be around 200 years old, having been preserved in animal skin. But one expert has insisted the human relic is actually in 'very deep meditation' and in a rare and very special spiritual state known as 'tukdam'. Over the last 50 years there are said to have been 40 such cases in India involving meditating Tibetan monks. Dr Barry...