en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/714732 Comments by miirabutsu http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/03/20/mummified-japanese-monks-enlightened-punishment/#IDComment43840737 Self-Mummification is a very interesting topic. I know there are several books available on the subject in Japanese and one in Italian, but up until now there have been no books on the subject in English. I just recently found a book that is being published on the subject in English entitled &quot;Living Buddhas: The Self-Mummified Monks of Yamagata, Japan&quot;. I have been waiting for this one for a while. If you all are as interested in this subject as I am, here is a link to the new book: <a href="http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7..." target="_blank">http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7...</a> I also have some interesting pictures of these monks at the following site: <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/selfmummifiedmonks/" target="_blank">http://sites.google.com/site/selfmummifiedmonks/</a> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:31:11 +0000 http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/03/20/mummified-japanese-monks-enlightened-punishment/#IDComment43840737 http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/03/20/mummified-japanese-monks-enlightened-punishment/#IDComment43840582 Self-Mummification is a very interesting topic. I know there are several books available on the subject in Japanese and one in Italian, but up until now there have been no books on the subject in English. I just recently found a book that is being published on the subject in English entitled &quot;Living Buddhas: The Self-Mummified Monks of Yamagata, Japan&quot;. I have been waiting for this one for a while. If you all are as interested in this subject as I am, here is a link to the new book: <a href="http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-4880-7." target="_blank">http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7...</a> I also have some interesting pictures of these monks at the following site: <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/selfmummifiedmonks/" target="_blank">http://sites.google.com/site/selfmummifiedmonks/</a> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:30:33 +0000 http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/03/20/mummified-japanese-monks-enlightened-punishment/#IDComment43840582