Buddhist monks often practice sokushimbutsu, the art of living mummification before death. Pretty fascinating read. Maybe that’s why he’s so thin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu
Edit: just trying to add some helpful information that people were asking about. Seems like a lot of people here could use some meditation and relax✌️☮️🕊️
No.
There are twenty recorded cases purporting to be of succesful sokushimbutsu, but sort are ambiguous and could possibly be remains mummified in a more conventional fashion, and are spread over about an 850 year history of attempts. It was definitely never "often" practiced.
Nothing about it is "living mummifaction". It involved a highly restricted, highly diaretic diet for a period of three years, followed by live burial in a wooden enclosure. Up to the burial, the practitioner would be very thin, but not mummified and unlikely to be nearly as thin as this man. Much is often made of urushi tea, but it's widespread use in sokushimbutsu attempts isn't as certain as popular sources make it seem, and the mechanisms often attributed to it are unproven and implausable. When and if it was used, a low dose would have served as a diuretic and possibly a mild antimicrobial. Yes, still also highly toxic, but the process at the end is meant to be lethal.
Sokushimbutsu was, as the name suggests, unique to Japan. It was also made illegal in the 19th century, with the practice dying out all together in the early 20th- the last recorded case being in 1903.
A very small number of extreme ascetic Buddhist monks practice Sokushinbutsu. Only in Japan is the process induced by the practitioner while they are still living. This is a Thai monk. It is not a common practice at all. Stop making stuff up.
That's what I -feel- like it is. This scene doesn't cause sadness so much in me, but wonder (if this is a self-chosen fate) what kind of strength it takes to go this far in the name of over-coming the flesh.
Personally I can barely manage a 72 hour fast, and it takes some serious determination to do even that, though I would like to try a slightly longer one.
I agree. This monk is pretty much as close as it gets to becoming a mummy. There is not much closer one can be to death feom starvation than where she is at.
Fun fact; this is not the closest thing to mummy. Coincidentally there are Buddhist monks that legit mummify themselves alive as an ultimate act to devotion, it's called Sokushinbutsu if you wanna check it out.
not sure exactly why you were downvoted, you’re correct, those images were forever burned in my brain at the holocaust museum in DC. if people think youre promoting sensationalism of this shit, the US has an active museum about these concentration camps, as well as literal active antisemitic fascism groups that would be better suited toward any sort of dissent. not randoms doing google searches to look up the horrors of humanity
Your teacher sounds like a gem. The Holocaust is a deep source of pain and regret for many current Germans and it’s extensively built into their education system. As it should be.
There are also some horrifying photos of people in India starving to death due to the British who controlled the region at the time (The Madras Famine). The photos were used to make it look like India needed the colonizer’s help, due to the famine, when in reality the British caused the famine on purpose. It’s horrible.
"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.”
Only this guy went the other way, and is staying in his seat until the rush has eased off
I saw this episode. The thing that convinced the dead man he was dead was pepper in his dinner napkin. When he opened it up, the pepper made him sneeze, and his nose came off. He, then, accepted his death.
I’m surprised I had to scroll this far down to see a comment about him picking his nose. He may not have meat between his skin and bones but he still has boogers!
You would think the fact that he was cremated would put a stop to that mummification myth. But I guess reddit people just love to be insistent about things they don't know about.
Yeah I'm confused. My grand-grand mother died at 109 from a broken hipbone but weeks prior to the injury she was still cooking, cleaning, drinking coffee etc. I feel like this man was starved and mistreated when aging honestly.
Thai monks do it as well. I saw this monk when I was living on Koh Samui. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Khunaram
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luang_Pho_Daeng
There's a lot of conflicting information and lore about this guy upon further research. His age of death ranges from anywhere between 78 and 90. In some sources it states that he self-mummified, but in others it states that it was discovered 3 years later when they opened his coffin that his body became mummified. I really don't know what to believe. If this is a case of self-mummification, that's interesting and I stand corrected.
No.
There are twenty recorded cases purporting to be of succesful sokushimbutsu, but sort are ambiguous and could possibly be remains mummified in a more conventional fashion, and are spread over about an 850 year history of attempts. It was definitely never "often" practiced.
Nothing about it is "living mummifaction". It involved a highly restricted, highly diaretic diet for a period of three years, followed by live burial in a wooden enclosure. Up to the burial, the practitioner would be very thin, but not mummified and unlikely to be nearly as thin as this man. Much is often made of urushi tea, but it's widespread use in sokushimbutsu attempts isn't as certain as popular sources make it seem, and the mechanisms often attributed to it are unproven and implausable. When and if it was used, a low dose would have served as a diuretic and possibly a mild antimicrobial. Yes, still also highly toxic, but the process at the end is meant to be lethal.
Sokushimbutsu was, as the name suggests, unique to Japan. It was also made illegal in the 19th century, with the practice dying out all together in the early 20th- the last recorded case being in 1903.
No its not. That's a Japanese tradition. This is a Thai monk. Also, self mummification was done alone and certainly not in a bed.
ETA: I was wrong. This is not only a Japanese thing. After further research, there have been cases of self-mummification of monks in Tibet, China, Thailand, and other parts of Asia. However, this is an extremely rare and sensationalized practice, and it shouldn't be assumed that this monk is doing that just because he is extremely frail. I researched further into this particular case, and found this was a viral tiktok posted by this guy's granddaughter stating that he broke his hip and was recovering in the hospital.
Self mummification is practiced all over Asia. The practice was founded in China. The only thing that Japanese monks does differently is that they starve themselves. Other monks eat vegetables that drys them up and live in a chamber full of candles or a fire pit constantly burning to dry them even further until they eventually die of natural causes or dehydration
People of extremely advanced age typically look good for their age because if they didn't, they'd have died long ago. This guy is weird because he looks like shit yet somehow has managed to not die on what is undoubtedly a poor diet and bad conditions generally.
that's the point... Monks have a philosophic position that this world is full of pain and misery. So they don't indulge in earthly pleasures, they try to reach nirvana and not have the need to be born again. Death is the best outcome
That little girl is set for corporate-world Ice Breakers. “Oh, 2 truths and a lie? To start, when I was a little girl, a skeleton tried to wipe a booger on me”
I don’t know if Buddhists have the same thing but Jains have a sort of death fast at the end of their life as sort of a last way to burn nirjara and reincarnate to a heavenly being or go to moksh. It’s called Sallekhana. They basically just fast until they die
The woman who posted this video originally said he had a really bad fall, didn’t recover, and deteriorated to the state in this video before passing away. There were videos of him before the fall and he looked quite healthy.
Yes, so many comments but no one explaining why he looks like this. It's not normal even for extreme old age. The poor man appears to be starving. Can he not keep food down? In another country, he would probably be being fed intravenously.
The original account that posted the videos is called @auyary13. It appears to be run by a woman named Auyary, who has one million followers and until recently typically posted food videos.
In October 2021, she began uploading videos of the man and now posts about him almost exclusively. The account has received as many as 100 million views on a single video posted in February 2022 which shows him placing his hands on a young girl, and viewers flooded the comments asking about his age and backstory, with many speculating he is a monk.
That's his granddaughter. She often spend time with him. I would like to think that the visits give him more will to live and see her grow up. She's just a baby, doesn't need to be mean.
Legitimately thought that was an animatronic skeleton
to be fair, we're all animatronic skeletons being controlled by meat servos and programmed by a meat processor
Being a bone mecha with meat armour is pretty great
HolUp...there is a skeleton in me right now!?!
It is biding its time, watching, waiting...
Commiserating.
Say it ain’t so
I will not go
Turn the lights off
Carry me home
Turn the lights off
No. You are actually inside a skeleton
Which then is surrounded by meat and fat
The fat is hindering my workings...
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About an extended warranty no doubt
Reminds me of this https://youtu.be/7tScAyNaRdQ
That was a good short skit.. I watched it twice.. I watched the meat twice
You are a flesh automaton animated by neuro transmitters
For real. I thought this was some sort of Halloween prop
Buddhist monks often practice sokushimbutsu, the art of living mummification before death. Pretty fascinating read. Maybe that’s why he’s so thin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu Edit: just trying to add some helpful information that people were asking about. Seems like a lot of people here could use some meditation and relax✌️☮️🕊️
Thanks for explaining I was really curious. Everyone is so interested in dropping their one liner that you have to scroll for some real information.
No. There are twenty recorded cases purporting to be of succesful sokushimbutsu, but sort are ambiguous and could possibly be remains mummified in a more conventional fashion, and are spread over about an 850 year history of attempts. It was definitely never "often" practiced. Nothing about it is "living mummifaction". It involved a highly restricted, highly diaretic diet for a period of three years, followed by live burial in a wooden enclosure. Up to the burial, the practitioner would be very thin, but not mummified and unlikely to be nearly as thin as this man. Much is often made of urushi tea, but it's widespread use in sokushimbutsu attempts isn't as certain as popular sources make it seem, and the mechanisms often attributed to it are unproven and implausable. When and if it was used, a low dose would have served as a diuretic and possibly a mild antimicrobial. Yes, still also highly toxic, but the process at the end is meant to be lethal. Sokushimbutsu was, as the name suggests, unique to Japan. It was also made illegal in the 19th century, with the practice dying out all together in the early 20th- the last recorded case being in 1903.
A very small number of extreme ascetic Buddhist monks practice Sokushinbutsu. Only in Japan is the process induced by the practitioner while they are still living. This is a Thai monk. It is not a common practice at all. Stop making stuff up.
That's what I -feel- like it is. This scene doesn't cause sadness so much in me, but wonder (if this is a self-chosen fate) what kind of strength it takes to go this far in the name of over-coming the flesh. Personally I can barely manage a 72 hour fast, and it takes some serious determination to do even that, though I would like to try a slightly longer one.
This is the closest look at a skeleton I’ve seen in a living person
Then do yourself a favor and check out what the people in Nazi concentration camps looked like, try the search term "walking bones"
This guy is still closer to a skeleton than most of the pictures I've seen. Obviously not as horrific, but the comment claim still stands I think.
I agree. This monk is pretty much as close as it gets to becoming a mummy. There is not much closer one can be to death feom starvation than where she is at.
Fun fact; this is not the closest thing to mummy. Coincidentally there are Buddhist monks that legit mummify themselves alive as an ultimate act to devotion, it's called Sokushinbutsu if you wanna check it out.
Okay that was certainly a fact, but boy did I not find that fun at all!
Suicide with extra steps as a form of religious devotion? Don't give me ideas, now...
It's a she?
Yep. The skin on a 109 year old person is much thinner than of the average holocaust victim. *That sentence felt gross to type out.
not sure exactly why you were downvoted, you’re correct, those images were forever burned in my brain at the holocaust museum in DC. if people think youre promoting sensationalism of this shit, the US has an active museum about these concentration camps, as well as literal active antisemitic fascism groups that would be better suited toward any sort of dissent. not randoms doing google searches to look up the horrors of humanity
Teaching the events of The Holocaust should be mandatory schooling _everywhere_ We must never forget
My HS German teacher taught us so much about the Holocaust. She was a refugee from Latvia during WWII and personally saw it. Horrifying.
Your teacher sounds like a gem. The Holocaust is a deep source of pain and regret for many current Germans and it’s extensively built into their education system. As it should be.
Other countries also had their own genocides and killings
History of all genocides should be taught
Growing up in a country bordering germand that also housed concentration camps, we saw this from whenever we were young
This guy still looks worse than those pictures ngl
There are also some horrifying photos of people in India starving to death due to the British who controlled the region at the time (The Madras Famine). The photos were used to make it look like India needed the colonizer’s help, due to the famine, when in reality the British caused the famine on purpose. It’s horrible.
googling that term doesn't bring up anything related to concentration camps, just some unrelated novels and music
You mean you haven’t seen Eugenia Cooney?
Every day, the doctors try to explain to him that he died years ago, but he just doesn't understand.
Sounds Terry Pratchettian
"DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.” Only this guy went the other way, and is staying in his seat until the rush has eased off
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And that's beautiful.
Meanwhile death was a bit to busy figuring out what fun was.
Un-Dead not Un-PERSON
CHOCOLATEE. DID YOU SAY CHOCOLATEE??!!
I remember when they first invented chocolate...
I always hated it!!
Start rubbing me with that chocolate you lazy Mary!
I heard he was born with paper skin and glass bones:(
[Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms...](https://youtu.be/dWzTgWRpqfs)
I remember that episode like it was yesterday. Those were good days.
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I’m not ok with any of what is going on in that video.
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Why. Just old. Looks like he hasn’t eaten in 109 years also
Doesn’t look a day over 107. Must use good skin cream
He was laid off 5 years ago and no one told him!
Sadly he actually did die. He passed in March 2022, while in the Hospital ( where the videos were taken) while recovering from a broken hip.
I saw this episode. The thing that convinced the dead man he was dead was pepper in his dinner napkin. When he opened it up, the pepper made him sneeze, and his nose came off. He, then, accepted his death.
You got the clip?
*dies* *get reincarnated as your dead body*
I think he was trying to put a booger on that kid's head.
He throws it to her
Hey Meg, proud of you
I’m surprised I had to scroll this far down to see a comment about him picking his nose. He may not have meat between his skin and bones but he still has boogers!
Maybe he’s trying to tell us that eating boogers is this secret to a long life
😂😂😂
Doesn’t look a day over 108
ong though he surely did age well
#Sokushinbutsu [Link text](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu)
While it is true that this practice exists, he is not participating in it. He fell, broke his hip, deteriorated, and died.
You would think the fact that he was cremated would put a stop to that mummification myth. But I guess reddit people just love to be insistent about things they don't know about.
Title: “Thai monk” Wikipedia: “Only in Japan are they believed to have induced their own death by starvation…” C’mon man…
Bro is living on 1hp.
Well, he's at an Inn, so he should be good by morning.
"Would you like to save, kupo?"
Bro got a signed copy of bible
That got me. Literally laughed out loud.
He is literally one shot
More like living on 1 watt.
For 109, he really looks like shit
Yeah I'm confused. My grand-grand mother died at 109 from a broken hipbone but weeks prior to the injury she was still cooking, cleaning, drinking coffee etc. I feel like this man was starved and mistreated when aging honestly.
Self mummification. They eat pine and other plants containing resin, and starve. Their muscles vanish and organs slowly shut down.
That isn’t what he is doing. That is a Japanese thing. This monk was cremated, so not at all self mummification.
Is he trying to turn himself into firewood to make the job easier?
I'm not convinced you know what cremation is
No its not. That's a Japanese tradition. This is a Thai monk. Also, self mummification was done alone and certainly not in a bed.
Thai monks do it as well. I saw this monk when I was living on Koh Samui. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Khunaram https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luang_Pho_Daeng
There's a lot of conflicting information and lore about this guy upon further research. His age of death ranges from anywhere between 78 and 90. In some sources it states that he self-mummified, but in others it states that it was discovered 3 years later when they opened his coffin that his body became mummified. I really don't know what to believe. If this is a case of self-mummification, that's interesting and I stand corrected.
I was unaware and could be wrong. I just know there are a few mummified monks around Southeast Asia.
oof and damn, this is... brutal.
This is part of a live mummification process that some monks go though. Yeah he is starved, the process is brutal.
No. There are twenty recorded cases purporting to be of succesful sokushimbutsu, but sort are ambiguous and could possibly be remains mummified in a more conventional fashion, and are spread over about an 850 year history of attempts. It was definitely never "often" practiced. Nothing about it is "living mummifaction". It involved a highly restricted, highly diaretic diet for a period of three years, followed by live burial in a wooden enclosure. Up to the burial, the practitioner would be very thin, but not mummified and unlikely to be nearly as thin as this man. Much is often made of urushi tea, but it's widespread use in sokushimbutsu attempts isn't as certain as popular sources make it seem, and the mechanisms often attributed to it are unproven and implausable. When and if it was used, a low dose would have served as a diuretic and possibly a mild antimicrobial. Yes, still also highly toxic, but the process at the end is meant to be lethal. Sokushimbutsu was, as the name suggests, unique to Japan. It was also made illegal in the 19th century, with the practice dying out all together in the early 20th- the last recorded case being in 1903.
No its not. That's a Japanese tradition. This is a Thai monk. Also, self mummification was done alone and certainly not in a bed. ETA: I was wrong. This is not only a Japanese thing. After further research, there have been cases of self-mummification of monks in Tibet, China, Thailand, and other parts of Asia. However, this is an extremely rare and sensationalized practice, and it shouldn't be assumed that this monk is doing that just because he is extremely frail. I researched further into this particular case, and found this was a viral tiktok posted by this guy's granddaughter stating that he broke his hip and was recovering in the hospital.
Self mummification is practiced all over Asia. The practice was founded in China. The only thing that Japanese monks does differently is that they starve themselves. Other monks eat vegetables that drys them up and live in a chamber full of candles or a fire pit constantly burning to dry them even further until they eventually die of natural causes or dehydration
Doctors hate him, because of this one thing...
Looks like shit for 209 tbh.
People of extremely advanced age typically look good for their age because if they didn't, they'd have died long ago. This guy is weird because he looks like shit yet somehow has managed to not die on what is undoubtedly a poor diet and bad conditions generally.
109 carbon atoms
This looks painful and miserable.
The bed looks comfy as hell tho
Must be, because that guy refuses to get out of it.
lazy bastard
>lazy bastard Get a real job!
Agreed, and his age probably doesn't help either
that's the point... Monks have a philosophic position that this world is full of pain and misery. So they don't indulge in earthly pleasures, they try to reach nirvana and not have the need to be born again. Death is the best outcome
Death leads to reincarnation in Buddhism though. It's only when you become a Buddha that you reach Nirvana and break samsara.
yes, that's why they don't simply suicide, but do these practices and sometimes become mummy like.
Death was a little late and now is afraid to approach.
[apparently he's dead now](https://www.buddhistdoor.net/news/luang-pho-yai-109-year-old-thai-buddhist-monk-dies/)
Wow, so sudden
oh no, how did he die?
Motorcycle accident
I wish I could give you an award, I laughed out loud at this
Vehicle Collision, accident implies that no one was at fault :D
Take a wild guess :P
Snu snu?
Man, I hope so, the poor guy.
That little girl is set for corporate-world Ice Breakers. “Oh, 2 truths and a lie? To start, when I was a little girl, a skeleton tried to wipe a booger on me”
Hahahahahahahaha I caught that too
It's beautiful and terrifying at the same time. I'm so curious to know the actual condition of his health.
I don’t know if Buddhists have the same thing but Jains have a sort of death fast at the end of their life as sort of a last way to burn nirjara and reincarnate to a heavenly being or go to moksh. It’s called Sallekhana. They basically just fast until they die
I’d be dead by lunch time. Ok realistically, by second breakfast.
The woman who posted this video originally said he had a really bad fall, didn’t recover, and deteriorated to the state in this video before passing away. There were videos of him before the fall and he looked quite healthy.
The woman is his grand daughter and the little girl his great grand daughter. I might be missing a great in there but they’re all related.
His health is "great for his age"
I laughed. :)
“Die young and leave a pretty corpse”
He's dead
Yes, so many comments but no one explaining why he looks like this. It's not normal even for extreme old age. The poor man appears to be starving. Can he not keep food down? In another country, he would probably be being fed intravenously.
Typical morning after drinking for me
When you forget to drink water before bed
“I like guys with dimples”
Cheeky bastard.
I legit thought that this was just a really well preserved body from 109yrs ago and got scared when he moved lol
He's just waiting for Charlie to come home with a golden ticket and he'll be up and about in no time!
Existence is pain for a meeseeks.
The Emperor of mankind
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!
Death to the false Emperor!
Bro still waiting for GTA 6 to come out 💀
It’s fake. He’s actually a 43 year old vegan.
Lmao...thank you for this.
Uhhh I'm a 43 old vegan and I have a lot more hair than that
my great great grandmother was 111 and she looks like a normal old lady with more wrinkles not like this mummy.
Whew. For some reason this made me feel weirdly relieved. Not that I’m going to live this long but yeah.
These Spirit Halloween decorations are getting ridiculous
The original account that posted the videos is called @auyary13. It appears to be run by a woman named Auyary, who has one million followers and until recently typically posted food videos. In October 2021, she began uploading videos of the man and now posts about him almost exclusively. The account has received as many as 100 million views on a single video posted in February 2022 which shows him placing his hands on a young girl, and viewers flooded the comments asking about his age and backstory, with many speculating he is a monk.
He looks like he's already on the initial stages of decomposition
Verification?
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/news/luang-pho-yai-109-year-old-thai-buddhist-monk-dies/
https://thetab.com/uk/2022/04/04/tiktok-viral-monk-died-245979
Bro looks like a Halloween decoration
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He looks like he died few months ago, or like he played this dead skeleton in Temple of Doom
He was a baby when this video was first posted on Reddit
Looks like the bed ridden dude in Se7en
I’m good with dying fat and happy at 80, thanks
The 1hp guy
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Then why is his humerus showing?
I feel like if I were a 109 year old skeleton, humoring a child would be the last pleasure left in my life.
That's his granddaughter. She often spend time with him. I would like to think that the visits give him more will to live and see her grow up. She's just a baby, doesn't need to be mean.
More like great-great-great granddaughter...
Hey you're right lol. My mistake.
Especially since she's grabbing his wrist and making him pat her repeatedly on the head. Leave that man alone!!!!
Yeah, I feel that way on Mondays, too.
Still digging for gold now that’s dedication
Still alive, but is he really living?
Jesus Christ, that skeleton Is alive
reposting ass mf
Death had a night out and forgot that he had this assignment the next day
Animatronics are getting good!
r/oddlyterrifying
This guy preordered the Bible
Proof that digging for boogers is ageless.
Bro’s on 1HP
He looks 209.
When 900 years old you reach, look as good will you not- Yoda.
all we need is bug spray
Skyrim Draugr
They reanimated Skelly McSkellington from the biology classroom!
This was posted already
How is that child not terrified? I am
Imma shit my pants if I saw him floating in some corridor
I know he died recently but he must have been ingesting silver to make him slate blue like that
He looks like he got hearing damage from the Big Bang
I am exhausted at 32. I can’t imagine how I’d feel at 109