Monks Body Doesn't Perish
Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at 6:22 AM by Sifu Smith
Posted in Buddhist
The only confirmed case of a body not perishing is of a Buddhist monks that appears to have planned the whole medical miracle. Hambo Lama Itigelov is a well documented Buddhist monk in Russian History; with degrees in medicine and philosophy. He was buried in 1927 in the presence of officials, family, and brothren.
In 1926, Hambo instructed his fellow monks to leave Russia, because the red communists were coming. Hambo stayed, mainly because he was 75 years old at the time. Shortly after he instructed the remaining monks to began meditation, because he was preparing to die. Hambo left a testiment of how he wanted to be buried (which he apparently knew what was going to happen), he wanted to be buried as he was found, in the lotus position, in a cedar box. So in 1927, Hambo's wishes were carried out. Because of the suppression of the government on religious activity; Hambo' body was exumed in 1955 and 1973, then carefully replaced. Then in 2002, the body was exumed again by scientist and pathologist, still sitting in his silk robes, in the lotus position, in tact. Hambo's skin and features are still there as if he was alive, without embalming or mummifying.
Hambo's body has been kept out for the past two years, in a regular room amidst the other monks, sitting in the lotus position. How Hambo maintains his preservation, no one knows. The Buddhist text's have described this deep meditative process, with reports that it had been successfully achieved. There has never been an example until now.
A picture of Hambo sitting in temple
Monks Body Doesn't Perish