Comments on: Self-Mummifying Suicidal Monks of Japan. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/ The Neat Side of the Web Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:12:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: mike http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-140457 mike Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:30:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-140457 Is it ironic that the ad on the linked page is for McDonalds? Is it ironic that the ad on the linked page is for McDonalds?

]]> By: mike http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-139034 mike Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:39:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-139034 "how do they know when a day passes and when to ring the bell?" (voice in tomb) "hachiman-rokusen-sambyaku-kyuju-hachi-mississippi, hachiman-rokusen-sambyaku-kyuju-kyu-mississippi, hachiman-rokusen-yombyaku!" "ichi, ni, san...(ad nauseam)" “how do they know when a day passes and when to ring the bell?”

(voice in tomb)

“hachiman-rokusen-sambyaku-kyuju-hachi-mississippi, hachiman-rokusen-sambyaku-kyuju-kyu-mississippi, hachiman-rokusen-yombyaku!”

“ichi, ni, san…(ad nauseam)”

]]> By: Tom http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138952 Tom Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:06:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138952 This is apparently in the pop culture of Japan, as one of them made an appearance on the animated series Inu-Yasha (Saint Hakushin, I believe), a monk who sealed himself into a tomb to purify a mountian of the demons living there. Of course, popular referance is not conclusive evidence, but at least it is less likely that it is something that was made up by westerners. This is apparently in the pop culture of Japan, as one of them made an appearance on the animated series Inu-Yasha (Saint Hakushin, I believe), a monk who sealed himself into a tomb to purify a mountian of the demons living there.

Of course, popular referance is not conclusive evidence, but at least it is less likely that it is something that was made up by westerners.

]]> By: david http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138945 david Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:10:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138945 Damn. That sucks. Urushiol is an active compound in poison oak/ivy that causes the itching. I'd hate to drink that. Damn. That sucks. Urushiol is an active compound in poison oak/ivy that causes the itching. I’d hate to drink that.

]]> By: Gellner http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138675 Gellner Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:15:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138675 Religion makes people do insane things... Religion makes people do insane things…

]]> By: Adam Stanhope http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138580 Adam Stanhope Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:48:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138580 jael: They are Buddhists - they don't believe in your creator. jael:

They are Buddhists - they don’t believe in your creator.

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138372 Johnny Cat Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:55:44 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138372 Fascinating. Fascinating.

]]> By: jael http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138319 jael Sat, 30 Jun 2007 04:30:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138319 Certainly hope no one is this vacuous, narcissitic and stupid. Can't imagine what I'd say to my Creator on meeting them after going through all this idiocy. But then, plenty of people have much to answer for, so... Certainly hope no one is this vacuous, narcissitic and stupid. Can’t imagine what I’d say to my Creator on meeting them after going through all this idiocy. But then, plenty of people have much to answer for, so…

]]> By: Eva Snyder http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138316 Eva Snyder Sat, 30 Jun 2007 04:22:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138316 I had never heard of the Japanese Mummified Monks. But I had heard of the Tibetan ones. There is nothing particularly improbable about it. <a href="http://www.offthefence.com/content/programme.php?ID=95" rel="nofollow">"Mystery of the Tibetan Mummy"</a> <a href="http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/378/15173_immortality.html" rel="nofollow">Siberian Buddhist Mummy</a> <a href="http://www.sonic.net/~anomaly/japan/dbuddha.htm" rel="nofollow">Buddhist Mummies</a> of Japan I had never heard of the Japanese Mummified Monks. But I had heard of the Tibetan ones. There is nothing particularly improbable about it.

“Mystery of the Tibetan Mummy”

Siberian Buddhist Mummy

Buddhist Mummies of Japan

]]> By: Chris http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138307 Chris Sat, 30 Jun 2007 04:11:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138307 I dunno : human mind can be very weird... not much there, just the word "allegedly" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu I dunno : human mind can be very weird…

not much there, just the word “allegedly”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu

]]> By: Adam Stanhope http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138297 Adam Stanhope Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:42:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138297 I think there is a good chance that this story is fiction. I think there is a good chance that this story is fiction.

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138237 Miss Cellania Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:16:27 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/29/self-mummifying-suicidal-monks-of-japan/#comment-138237 As horrifying as this is, a trivial question occurred to me: If they are in a stone tomb, how do they know when a day passes and when to ring the bell? As horrifying as this is, a trivial question occurred to me: If they are in a stone tomb, how do they know when a day passes and when to ring the bell?

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