What does it imply to turn into a residing Buddha?
Dakota explores the legend of Japanese monk Tetsu Monkai, the thriller of sokushinbutsu, and awakening to our personal Buddha nature.
On this episode, Dakota explores:
- Changing into a residing Buddha through mummification
- The legend of Japanese monk Tetsumonkai
- The immortal weight loss program of sokushinbutsu
- Dakota’s mountain journey to see the residing Buddha-body of Tetsu Monkai
- Transcending the physique and seeing our personal Buddha nature
- Waking up from the routine entropy that we’re all misplaced in
“I sit there beneath Tetsumonkai. I acquired to sit down there and take a look at his mummy physique, his sokushinbutsu, his residing Buddha-body. I had a deep realization—I noticed in that second that the which means of Tetsumonkai is that there isn’t any Tetsumonkai. Changing into the immortal Buddha is to transcend the physique, to die inside the physique, to understand the reality while you’re within the physique. Whenever you take a look at Tetsu Monkai, you’re your personal Buddha nature.” —Dakota Wint
