Buddhist Monk Beheads Himself With DIY Guillotine To Attain Enlightenment
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He committed the act on his birthday as other devotees prayed at a nearby pavilion
The National Office of Buddhism disagreed with his methods and called it a private matter
In a shocking incident, a Buddhist monk hoping to attain enlightenment beheaded himself with a guillotine.
The incident happened last Thursday at Nong Bua Lamphu province in Thailand, reports Yahoo News. Thammakorn Wangpreecha, 68, a monk at the Wat Phu Hin temple, used a DIY guillotine to chop his head off in a bizarre ritual, which he had been planning for more than five years.