{"id":7161,"date":"2024-01-10T20:11:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T04:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=7161"},"modified":"2024-01-10T20:11:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T04:11:35","slug":"mummified-meditating-monk-in-mongolia-not-dead-according-to-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=7161","title":{"rendered":"Mummified meditating monk in Mongolia &#8216;not dead&#8217;, according to expert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tukdam.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tukdam.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7162\" width=\"349\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tukdam.jpg 322w, http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tukdam-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A mummified monk found preserved in Mongolia last week has been baffling and astounding those who uncovered him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior Buddhists say the monk, found sitting in the lotus position, is in a deep meditative trance and not dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forensic examinations are under way on the remains, found wrapped in cattle skins in north-central Mongolia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists have yet to determine how the monk is so well preserved, though some think Mongolia&#8217;s cold weather could be the reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Dr Barry Kerzin, a physician to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, <a href=\"http:\/\/siberiantimes.com\/other\/others\/news\/n0105-mummified-monk-is-not-dead-and-in-rare-meditative-state-says-expert\/\">told the Siberian Times<\/a> that the monk was in a rare state of meditation called &#8220;tukdam&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If the meditator can continue to stay in this meditative state, he can become a Buddha,&#8221; Dr Kerzin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The monk was discovered after being stolen by a man hoping to sell him on the black market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mongolian police have arrested the culprit and the monk is now being guarded at the National Centre of Forensic Expertise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-31125338\">continued<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mummified monk found preserved in Mongolia last week has been baffling and astounding those who uncovered him. Senior Buddhists say the monk, found sitting in the lotus position, is in a deep meditative trance and not dead. Forensic examinations are under way on the remains, found wrapped in cattle skins in north-central Mongolia. Scientists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7161"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}