Nirvana (sokushinbutsu) | Awaken Wisdom

The sokushinbutsu ritual was not a swift or simple act. It began with a grueling diet called mokujikigyō, or 'tree-eating practice,' where for over a thousand days the monk consumed only nuts, seeds, roots, and tree bark to strip the body of fat. Then, they drank a poisonous tea made from the sap of the urushi tree—the same used for lacquerware—to cause vomiting and extreme dehydration, aiding preservation. The practice, derived from Shingon Buddhism, reached its peak during Japan's Edo period (

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