<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">In 1926 Itigelov advised the Buddhist monks to leave Russia, since ‘the red teaching was coming’ (Itigelov himself never left Russia). In 1927, being 75, he told lamas to begin meditation, since he said he was preparing to die. Lamas did not want to perform this meditation because Itigelov was still alive. Thus, Itigelov began to meditate by himself, lamas joined him and soon he died. Ititgelov left a testament where he asked to bury him as he was, sitting in lotus pose in the cedar box on traditional cemetery. It was done. There was also a statement, where he asked other monks to exhume him after several years. (This is the exciting point – this means he knew that his body would be preserved). This was done in 1955 and in 1973 by Buddhist monks but they were scared to tell everybody about this, since communist regime did not leave any space for religion in society. Only in 2002 the body was finally exhumed and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan (a residence of today’s Hambo Lama) where it was closely examined by monks and, which is now more important, by scientists and pathologists. The official statement was issued about the body – very well preserved, without any signs of decay, whole muscles and inner tissue, soft joints and skin. The interesting thing is that the body was never embalmed or mummified. Two years passed. Itigelov’s body is now kept open air, in contact with other people, without any temperature or humidity regimes. How Itigelov keeps this condition, nobody knows. This is the ONLY KNOWN AND CONFIRMED CASE OF IMPERISHABLE BODY throughout the whole world. Embalming and mummifying is well known among different nations and peoples – Chili (Chinchora), Egypt mummies, Christian Saints, communist leaders and others. Some bodies were found in permafrost, however when they contacted with oxygen atmosphere they perished within several hours. However, there are descriptions of such things in Buddhist texts, but there are no confirmed examples. Well, now there is. For two years after the exhumation of Itigilov’s body it does not perish nor decay, no fungus, no negative things happen to it. Itigelov said before he died that he left a message to all peoples on Earth. This message contains no words. Now it is our turn to understand it.</div> Source
That's pretty damn cool. Just shows you what kind of powers those monks have gotten through their dedication to meditation. I saw something on discovery channel before, about some monks, sitting atop a mountain in a hut, covering themselves in wet rags even though it's more than freezing cold. They made the rags steam with heat.
<div class="quote_poster">Bahir Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">That's pretty damn cool. Just shows you what kind of powers those monks have gotten through their dedication to meditation. I saw something on discovery channel before, about some monks, sitting atop a mountain in a hut, covering themselves in wet rags even though it's more than freezing cold. They made the rags steam with heat.</div> They had some guy (whose ancestors were monks) on Ripley's believe it or not. He healed a lot of people's back problems/arthiritis that no modern medicine or technology could heal. He would put this cloth on their backs and rub them ... til the temp. went up to about 200 in his hand. To add - the guy whose pain he relieved was a doctor himself. Crazy stuff.
