即そく身しん仏ぶつ

noun

self-mummified monk; living Buddha

Refers to Buddhist monks, particularly in the Shingon sect, who underwent extreme asceticism leading to death and natural mummification, becoming objects of veneration.

• 即そく身しん仏ぶつは、厳きびしい修しゅ行ぎょうの末すえにミイラとなった僧そう侶りょのことです。

  Sokushinbutsu are monks who became mummies after severe ascetic practice.