endless quest for enlightenment driven to extremes to become one with the exalted reach immortality stemming from shingon doctrines bizarre customs emerge practice of living embalment baffling uninitiated minds persevere to preserve your earthly vessel becomes a monument of spiritual sublimity sublimity achieved through acts of self denial endurance beyond humanity stage 1 meditation beneath icy waters self imposed hardships to drain body fat merciless reduction of food intake deprived of all earthly pleasures stage 2 bark and roots your sole nutrition toxic substances cause rapid loss of body fluids vomiting arsenic ingestion corrupts the little meat left on your bones stage 3 encased alive in your tomb engrossed in spirituality the bell rings for 13 days until silence signals transformation strengthened through excruciation body fat extermination deliberate contamination flesh now unfit for consumption torment chocked through meditation locked tight in lotus position successful mummification postmortal idolization sacred site of admiration a dead body s exhibition visitors confronted with greatness
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