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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3167687,00.html

Interesting, but how do we know he completed each task exactly as he was supposed to?

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Wow- thats amazing… and I believe him. Monks don’t fuck around with that kinda stuff.

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Yes, I’m sure there’d be someone around to enforce the “disembowelling or hanging” clause in there :wink:

…but how would a straw raincoat work? :hmm:

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<img src=“http://www.rpgclassics.com/staff/tenchimaru/td.gif”> Monks don’t fuck around. They just cut off heads. And flip out.

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feels silly and young

What is disembowelment? Something to do with…those organs?

And yeah, my respect to someone who can dedicate their life to one movement entirely…yowza.

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Heck, now THAT is the way to stay in shape!

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His most difficult trial, however, comes during the fifth year when he must sit and chant mantras for nine days without food, water or sleep, in a trial called doiri,'' orentering the temple."

Wow. That’s like superhuman. No wonder there have only been 46 in the past 128 years. Actually, that’s still impressive that so many survived.

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Originally posted by Evangelion
[b]feels silly and young

What is disembowelment? Something to do with…those organs?[/b]

Er, yes, as in “the removal thereof” :eek: :runaway: :runaway: :runaway:

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dis·em·bow·el ( P ) Pronunciation Key (dsm-boul)
tr.v. dis·em·bow·eled, or dis·em·bow·elled dis·em·bow·el·ing, or dis·em·bow·el·ling dis·em·bow·els or dis·em·bow·els

  1. To remove the entrails from.
  2. To deprive of meaning or substance

Next time- check the dictionary. :stuck_out_tongue:

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It’s better to get a non book opinion of what it really is, I don’t like technical definitions:P But thanks that’s…eww.

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“His most difficult trial, however, comes during the fifth year when he must sit and chant mantras for nine days without food, water or sleep, in a trial called doiri,'' orentering the temple.”

Yeah, that’s pretty damn unbelievable, staying alive for nine days without water is a feat in itself.

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Originally posted by Tenchimaru Draconis
<img src=“http://www.rpgclassics.com/staff/tenchimaru/td.gif”> Monks don’t fuck around. They just cut off heads. And flip out.

I agree.

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I had seen somtehing about this ritual in TV when I was a kid. I thought it was fictional. Now I know how far people will go because of religion…

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Yikes! o_O That’s insane. Is it even humanly possible to stay alive for nine days without water?

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Damn, anyone who could survive that must have put in a LOT of ‘training’ before.

Jing: I don’t think it is humanly possible!

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Nice.
That would make the best and most effective diet in the world, if a bit harsh.

Must have required an amazing strenght of will to complete it. A very good physique too.

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Originally posted by Jing
Yikes! o_O That’s insane. Is it even humanly possible to stay alive for nine days without water?

I’m actually not sure about that. I thought it was about a 5 day limit. I wonder what the environmental conditions are like…

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I thought if you could undergo a heavy trancelike state you could…? or serious meditation/concentration…?

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The two rules of thumb on that subject are the rules of three.
First: That a human can live three minutes without air, three days without water, three weeks without food.
Second: That people live three times as long as you would expect them to.

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If he just sits there humming mantras he can last more than nine days without water. If air umidity is high, even better for him.