Sokushinbutsu - Buddhist ritualistic self-mummification - For 1000 days the priests would eat a special diet of nuts and seeds, while taking part in rigorous physical activity that stripped them of body fat. They ate only bark and roots for another 1000

Sokushinbutsu - Buddhist ritualistic self-mummification - For 1000 days the priests would eat a special diet of nuts and seeds, while taking part in rigorous physical activity that stripped them of body fat. They ate only bark and roots for another 1000

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