Mummified Monk Not Dead!

   Last week in class we were talking about the different types of religions in Asia. So apparently last week in Mongolia a mummified monk was found very well-preserved . The monk was found sitting in a lotus position. Senior Buddhists say that he is not dead but that he is in a deep mediative trance. Scientists, however, are still wondering why the monk is well-preserved. There are some theories that it must be Mongolia's cold weather that aided in the preservation. Dr. Barry Kerzin, a physician to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, told Siberian Times that the monk was in a rare state of meditation called "tukdam". The identification of the monk is unclear but there is some speculation that he was the teacher of Lama Dash-Dorzho Itigilov, who was also mummified. The "mummy" which is 200 years old is not being sent to be examined as it was only discovered because a man was trying to sell him in the black market. So what do you think? Is he still in a trance? Or is he dead?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31125338