200-Year-Old Mummified Monk Not Dead, Just Meditating, Buddhism Expert Claims

Sain baina uu? How are you doing (in Mongolian)? Traffic in cyberspace heavy today? Glad you made it anyway. Pour yourself a mug of coffee and try a virtual 'nai doufu'...that's a special Mongolian treat. In English it would be 'milk tofu' - very nutritious! Speaking of Mongolia, here's an interesting tidbit to meditate on...

A mysterious mummified monk found almost perfectly preserved in a lotus position last month is causing controversy after a well-known Buddhism expert claimed he isn’t actually dead but in a deep meditative trance.

Interestingly, the monk came to the attention of the authorities after a man was attempting to sell him on the black market in the Songinokhairkhan province of Mongolia. Mongolian police have arrested the man, and the mummy is now being guarded at the National Center of Forensic Expertise at Ulaanbaatar. They believe that the man might have stolen the mummy from another part of the country – a cave in the Kobdsk region – and then hid it in his home. 

Scientists are currently conducting forensic examinations on the 200-year-old mummy that was found wrapped in cattle skins. 

They are trying to determine how the body was so well-preserved, although they do suspect that the nation’s cold weather could have played a part. 

Perhaps it is just a very deep state of meditation that doesn't need more than a modicum of nutrition which can be absorbed from the air. Who knows. Stranger things have happened. I like to keep an open mind.

See ya, eh!

Bob