A Buddhist monk in Thailand cut off his own head on the day of his birthday, hoping the terrible sacrifice would bring him luck in the afterlife, according to reports.
Thammakorn Wangpreecha, 68, a monk for 11 years, built a guillotine near a religious statue depicting the god Indra doing the same, the British Metro reported.
The monk’s nephew, who found the decapitated body, said he had left a note behind.
“He claimed that cutting off his head was his way of praising Buddha, and he had been planning it for five years now,” Booncherd Boonrod said.
“His desire was to offer his head and soul so that the Lord could reincarnate him as a higher spiritual being in the next life,” the nephew added.
Hundreds of devotees of the dead monk later descended on Wat Phu Hin temple in Nong Bua Lamphu to prepare his body for the funeral, placing it in a coffin, with his head in a separate coffin, to be burned in a coffin. Forest.
“He met his goal and got to know the illustration,” one of his followers, Yu, said according to the news.
The National Office of Buddhism has called on the local government to help spread the message that people can give money or deliver birds in captivity as a sacrifice, rather than bow their heads.
“Temple executives and abbots should review their practices and take care of other monks in their temples. This incident is possible evidence of failing to do so, ”office spokesman Sipbowon Kaeo-ngam said, the International Business Times reported.
“We need to prevent such unpleasant situations from happening again,” he added.