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I am aware of the point the commentor was trying to make, and I disagreed with it. While there is wisdom in that kind of innocence, in this case, the best we c
by hosh 4y ago
I am aware of the point the commentor was trying to make, and I disagreed with it.
While there is wisdom in that kind of innocence, in this case, the best we can say is that this gut check points to a course or action is right for you. However, it is inadequate for assessing whether it is right for anyone else, much less in an universal sense.
If we are going to make this about listening to intuition, then sometimes, that gut check — or in the case of those monks, it would be a heart check — the answer for them, in that moment, is “yes”.
- rcoveson 4y agoI hear you, but I'm sticking to this: Anybody reading this, monk or not, I want to go on record saying that you should not kill yourself, or let yourself die of starvation. Yes, I am presumptuous enough to make the claim that--at least in this one instance--I know what is best for somebody else. As long as you are healthy, you should stay alive. If your monk-reasoning disagrees, then there is a flaw in your monk-reasoning. I'm not learned enough to find it for you, but I'll still tell you that it's there somewhere.
- hosh 4y agoI disagree, but I also respect your position and where you are coming from with this. As a note, the Meiji-era government thought the practice was anachronistic and depraved. They criminalized self-mummification. The last successful practitioner of that particular sect in Japan accomplished it illegally. https://allthatsinteresting.com/sokushinbutsu https://allthatsinteresting.com/sokushinbutsu