In medieval Japan, this tradition developed a process for Sokushinbutsu, which a monk completed over about 3,000 days to ten years.[4] It involved a strict diet called mokujikigyo (literally, "eating a tree").[6][5] The diet abstained from any cereals, and relied on pine needles, resins and seeds found in the mountains, which would eliminate all fat in the body.[6][7] Increasing rates of fasting and meditation would lead to starvation. The monks would slowly reduce then stop liquid intake, thus dehydrating the body and shrinking all organs.[6] The monks would die in a state of jhana (meditation) while chanting the nenbutsu (a mantra about Buddha), and their body would become naturally preserved as a mummy with skin and teeth intact without decay and without the need of any artificial preservatives.[6][7] Many Buddhist Sokushinbutsu mummies have been found in northern Japan and estimated to be centuries old, while texts suggest that hundreds of these cases are buried in the stupas and mountains of Japan.[5] These mummies have been revered and venerated by the laypeople of Buddhism.[5]

One of the altars in the Honmyō-ji temple of Kyushu prefecture continues to preserve one of the oldest mummies - that of the Sokushinbutsu ascetic named Honmyōkai.[8]

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3861020&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#35373845)

arguably the coolest thing humans have figured out (turning themselves into trees part)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3861020&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#35230726)

they return again from the wheels of Saturn

they return again from the wheels of Saturn

they return again from the wheels of Saturn

they return again from the wheels of Saturn

they return again from the wheels of Saturn

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3861020&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#35380058)

the sap mummified monks flash into my head every so often during my day to day activities on the terrestrial plane

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3861020&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#35474650)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallekhana

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3861020&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#39174880)

"facing death voluntarily through fasting"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3861020&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#39177655)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3861020&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#44011626)