Thread 40610092

>Japanese monks used to starve themselves with a restricted diet of tree bark, nuts and pine needles for 1000 days, then drink poisonous tree sap then seal themselves in boxes in order to mummify themselves while they were still alive
>They did this in order be granted access to Tusita Heaven where they would be blessed with the ability to protect humans on Earth from demons
>The Japanese government outlawed Shokushinbutsu in the 19th century.
>The last monk to achieve Shokushinbutsu did so illegally in 1903
>Since 1903 there have been no new Shokunshinbutsu monks fighting from Heaven to protect humanity from demons
>Since 1903 demon power has only gotten stronger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT2XzAj2bW4

Thoughts?

Oh so you kept the ayy photo all this time? Where's the tree though?

>>40610119
I don't know what you're talking about. This is the first time I posted on /x/

How do we even know this is legitimate? Can you people stop creating new ways to be so morbid?

It's part of the global tradition of the mound builders but the original reason got corrupted sometime during the transmission

>>40610092 (OP)

mellified man is more metal

>candied corpse

>>40610092 (OP)
They toke the sacrifice on another level. Taking refuge in the Dharma (becoming a monk) is already a sacrifice by itself.

Be the change you want in the world faggot, no one is stopping you from eating pine cones to get access to heaven.

>>40610092 (OP)
Lol bro I thought picrel was a cat or monkey

>>40610092 (OP)
thanks, 4chan is an amazing source of information. I remember reading an article about it in the 90s of the last century, but then I couldn't find the site or any other information about it

>>40610092 (OP)
Namu Henjou Kongou.

>>40610092 (OP)
Matter is mind, those momified monks leaves a trace in the collective unconscious thus manifesting in reality.

>>40610092 (OP)
I wonder how this relates to the "cosmic death fungus" theory. The author said there were some spiritual implications. Keto diet is also said to be effective in treating schizophrenia.

>>40613265
According to cdf theory what foods cause schizophrenia?

>>40613265
You might be onto something there. Maybe this extreme diet is the key to killing it. You'd think dry fasting would have the same effect, though.

that's a Shingon practice, and shingon exists today...why not consider attending an IRL shingon temple, or even considering applying for monastic ordination?
there's even a temple\sangha in a*stralia ,I think in u**k, and netherlands too

>>40610399
>faggot
>pine cones
missed opportunity to mention a bundle of sticks instead. yummy, delicious sticks in a bundle, yum yum hooray

>Demons
Demons are parasites

>Pine needles
Pine needles contain alpha-pinene, which is a terpene with potent antiparasitic properties. Pine needle tea, spruce tea, birch bark tea and gum turpentine have all been used, traditionally, to expel parasites (demons) from humans.