Showing posts with label Buddhism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Buddhism. Show all posts

Friday, December 30, 2016

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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