Living Buddhas: The Self-Mummified Monks of Yamagata, Japan by Ken Jeremiah

Living Buddhas: The Self-Mummified Monks of Yamagata, Japan

Ken Jeremiah

236 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective slow-paced
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Northern Japan is home to an ancient, esoteric tradition of self-mummifying Buddhist monks, little known to the outside world. Long after death, these ascetics continue to be revered as Living Buddhas. This first English-language work on the subje...

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