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The Sokushinbutsu, Japan’s Mummy Monks

Posted on September 29, 2013May 23, 2016 by Andrew Kincaid

How far would you go for your beliefs?  If your faith called for it, would you give up your life?  What if, to get to heaven, you were called upon to take your OWN life? Sound bizarre? To a sect of Buddhists called Shugendo it wasn’t.  These monks and nuns are known now as the…

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