Скачать или смотреть The Buddha Statue That Holds a Mummified Monk

In 2015, researchers made a stunning discovery inside a 1,000-year-old Buddha statue in a Dutch museum: the perfectly preserved mummy of a Buddhist monk. This rare find is believed to be Liuquan, a Buddhist master from the Chinese Ming dynasty (1368–1644), making the mummy roughly 500 to 600 years old.

Liuquan was part of a secretive tradition of self-mummification, where monks voluntarily underwent years of strict fasting, meditation, and preservation rituals to prepare their bodies for death. This process aimed to transcend the physical form and create a living relic embodying spiritual enlightenment.

The monk’s body was placed inside the hollow cavity of the Buddha statue—symbolically merging the physical remains of an enlightened master with the icon of Buddha himself. This fusion reflects a belief that the sacredness of the Buddha’s image is amplified by housing the remains of one who reached profound spiritual attainment.

This practice also turned the statue into a relic, a holy object for veneration and meditation. The mummy inside the Buddha thus stands as a haunting testament to faith, mortality, and the quest to preserve enlightenment beyond death—enshrined forever within the silent, serene face of Buddha.



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