Achieving Nirvana

ü     Floating in a pool

ü     Sitting in hot oil

ü     Sitting in a room screaming

ü     Walking for weeks without lying down, not even to sleep

ü     Staying awake for three days

ü     Sitting in a box with pythons

ü     Sitting in a coffin

ü     Sitting next to a rotting corpse

ü     Total silence for ten days

These are some meditative paths to Nirvana as practiced by Buddhist monks, nuns, and laypeople in Thailand. [Details from an article by Bryant Rousseau: "Corpses, Pythons, Sleep Deprivation: Meditation Rituals in Thailand Can Be Intense," New York Times, Aug 30, 2016.

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