The Monks Who Became Mummies! 😮 In northern Japan, Buddhist monks practiced Sokushinbutsu, self-mummification through extreme fasting and poisonous tea. Over several years, they eliminated grains, then seeds, surviving only on bark and roots while their bodies withered. They drank toxic urushi tea made from lacquer tree sap, which poisoned their tissues to prevent decomposition. Finally, they entered sealed tombs to meditate until death. The poison kept insects and bacteria away, preserving the
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