A Buddhist monk cut off his head with a guillotine on his birthday, thinking the sacrifice would bring him all the best in the afterlife.
Thammakorn Wangpreecha, 68, developed the makeshift gadget beside a spiritual statue at his temple representing the god Indra doing the exact same thing.
A monk for 11 years, he had actually informed fellow priests he was preparing to leave, however did not expose how.
His sibling Booncherd Boonrod discovered the body and stated Thammakorn had actually likewise left a note.
‘It stated that chopping his head off was his way of praising Buddha,’ he stated.
‘And he had actually been preparing this for 5 years now.
‘His wish was to offer his head and soul so the Lord could reincarnate him as a higher spiritual being in the next life.’
After a post-mortem evaluation, 300 fans came to the Wat Phu Hin temple in Nong Bua Lamphu, north-east Thailand, to prepare his body for his funeral service, laying him in a casket with his head in a different coffin.
Mourners then brought his remains to a forest to be burned.
Yu, among his fans, stated: ‘He fulfilled his goal and met enlightenment.’
But the National Office of Buddhism has actually asked the city government to assist spread out the message that the practice was not motivated.
Instead, individuals can offer cash or complimentary captive birds as a sacrifice.
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