喇嘛不朽之軀

喇嘛不朽之軀


Dead Buddhist Monk Is Alive
Bumninorn.ru, Feb 25, 2007




前蘇聯韓波寺(Hambo)的住持，喇嘛Itigelov於1927年時辭世，並被封箱安葬，76年後的2002年9


月10日，他的墓穴在他的親友、政府官員與專家共同見証下，被重新挖掘，出土的坐棺是一只普


通木箱，喇嘛 Itigelov以蓮花坐姿，栩栩如生重現世上。 令人驚異的是他的身軀宛若生前，決非


一般乾癟屍體;而是柔軟如棉，肌肉與皮膚保有彈性，關節依然轉動，內部組織完好，容顏如故。


見照片: http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,3759,0,0,1,0 在蘇俄歷史上，喇嘛


Itigelov是著名人物，他先在Anninsky Datsan大學就讀，得到醫學與哲學學位，也創立藥理學百


科全書。 1911年他被任命為俄國境內最大佛寺，韓波寺(Hambo)的住持，1913至1917他參與沙皇


的社會改革活動，受邀300週年的Romanov皇室皇宮慶，開啟聖彼德堡的第一座佛寺，1917年5


月19日尼古拉2世頒給予他一座Stanislav獎章。 在第一次世界大戰其間，他創立了Buryat兄弟


會，幫軍隊籌錢糧、衣服、藥品等以抗外敵，並建立以喇嘛醫生為主的醫院以幫傷兵，所以他又


獲得聖安那獎章與其他國家榮譽獎章。 1926年他建議佛教徒離開俄國，因紅軍已到了(他自已並


未曾離開俄國)，1927年他75歲，他告訴寺內其他喇嘛要靜坐，他預知時至準備圓寂，不久他就


逝去。 他留下遺書，要求死後依佛教傳統坐缸方式將其裝箱入墓穴，他請求其他喇嘛在數年過


後，將其墓穴開掘，在1955年與1973年寺方曾開挖過又予回埋，因當時是共產政權當政，共党不


容宗教有其存活空間，喇嘛因而不曾告訴外界。 蘇聯共產政權瓦解後，2002年終於開挖並移至


Buryat寺以方便寺方與科學家與病理學家檢測; 政府公告檢測，表示喇嘛肉身保存良好，沒用防


腐劑，所有肌肉與內部組織、關節、皮膚都完好如生。多年過後，Itigelov喇嘛肉身，依然置放於


沒有溫度與濕度空調，並與人接觸的大氣中，至於為何依然不會朽壞，也沒人知道。 過去以防腐


或乾縮方式保存的屍身，在世界各地都有，如埃及木乃尹，基督教的聖徒，共產領導人...等，有


些屍身是保存在凍土中，不過只要接觸大氣立即腐壞。 Itigelov喇嘛肉身，是世上唯一經確認的

不朽身驅，至今既沒生過黴菌也不曾乾縮或腐壞。 喇嘛生前曾說過要


留給世人一個信息，這或許是無言的信息，現今正是我們去了解的時


刻。


Dead Buddhist Monk Is Alive

Bumninorn.ru, Feb 25, 2007

Moscow, Russia -- “Exhumation of the body of Hambo Lama Itigelov took place September 10 th, 2002 on the territory of cemetery near the city of Ulan Ude (Russian Federation). He died and was buried in 1927 and the exhumation was performed in presence of relatives, officials, and specialists”.
This was the information that appeared in Russian mass media regarding Buryat Lama who was exhumed from the grave in the beginning of the 21 st century. The grave contained a wooden box and there was a sitting Buddhist lama in ‘lotus’ pose. His body was preserved as if it was mummified, however it was not. Soft muscles and skin, folding joints. The body was covered with silk clothes and fabric.
Hambo Lama Itigelov is a real person quite well known in Russian history. He studied in Anninsky Datsan (Buddhist university in Buryatia, nowadays there are ruins only) and obtained degrees in medicine and philosophy (on the nature of emptiness), he created an encyclopedia of pharmacology.
In 1911 Itigelov became a Hambo Lama (the head of Buddhist church in Russia). During the period from 1913 till 1917 he participated in social actions of the Tsar, being invited to 300-year anniversary of Romanov’s house, opened the first Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg, and Nikolai II gave him St. Stanislav award on 19 th of March, 1917.
During the First World War Itigelov created and inspired the organization called “Buryat brothers”. He was helping the army with money, meals, clothes, medicaments, he also built a set of hospitals with lama doctors helping wounded soldiers. For that he got St. Anna award and others.

In 1926 Itigelov advised the Buddhist monks to leave Russia, since ‘the red teaching was coming’ (Itigelov himself never left Russia). In 1927, being 75, he told lamas to begin meditation, since he said he was preparing to die. Lamas did not want to perform this meditation because Itigelov was still alive. Thus, Itigelov began to meditate by himself, lamas joined him and soon he died.
Ititgelov left a testament where he asked to bury him as he was, sitting in lotus pose in the cedar box on traditional cemetery. It was done. There was also a statement, where he asked other monks to exhume him after several years. (This is the exciting point – this means he knew that his body would be preserved). This was done in 1955 and in 1973 by Buddhist monks but they were scared to tell everybody about this, since communist regime did not leave any space for religion in society. Only in 2002 the body was finally exhumed and transferred to Ivolginsky Datsan (a residence of today’s Hambo Lama) where it was closely examined by monks and, which is now more important, by scientists and pathologists. The official statement was issued about the body – very well preserved, without any signs of decay, whole muscles and inner tissue, soft joints and skin. The interesting thing is that the body was never embalmed or mummified.
Two years passed. Itigelov’s body is now kept open air, in contact with other people, without any temperature or humidity regimes. How Itigelov keeps this condition, nobody knows.
This is the ONLY KNOWN AND CONFIRMED CASE OF IMPERISHABLE BODY throughout the whole world. Embalming and mummifying is well known among different nations and peoples – Chili (Chinchora), Egypt mummies, Christian Saints, communist leaders and others. Some bodies were found in permafrost, however when they contacted with oxygen atmosphere they perished within several hours.
However, there are descriptions of such things in Buddhist texts, but there are no confirmed examples. Well, now there is.
For two years after the exhumation of Itigilov’s body it does not perish nor decay, no fungus, no negative things happen to it. Itigelov said before he died that he left a message to all peoples on Earth. This message contains no words. Now it is our turn to understand it.