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Dharamsala, December 12
It’s been 20 days since Geshe Tenpa Dhargyal, a Buddhist scholar at Gaden Jangtse Monastery in South India, was declared clinically dead. However, he has since shown no signs of physical decay or depletion.
According a report of the department of Religion and Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), he is believed to be in what the Tibetan Buddhists describe as the rare meditative state of “Thukdam”.
Thukdam is a Buddhist phenomenon in which realised master’s consciousness remains in the body despite its physical death. Though they are declared clinically dead, their bodies show no signs of decay and are found to remain fresh for days or weeks without preservation.
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