I 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 anachronisti

I 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